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Population-based study on incidence, survival rates, and genetic alterations of low-grade diffuse astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Jul 2004
Okamoto Yoshikazu, Di Patre Pier-Luigi, Burkhard Christoph, Horstmann Sonja, Jourde Benjamin, Fahey Michael, Schüler Danielle, Probst-Hensch Nicole M, Yasargil M Gazi, Yonekawa Yasuhiro, Lütolf Urs M, Kleihues Paul, Ohgaki Hiroko
Abstract excerpt
We carried out a population-based study on low-grade diffuse gliomas in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland (population 1.16 million). From 1980 to 1994, 987 astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumors were diagnosed, of which 122 (12.4%) were low-grade (WHO grade II). The incidence rates adjusted to the World Standard Population, per million population per year, were 2.28 for low-grade diffuse astrocytomas, 0.89 for...
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