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Incidence, survival, pathology, and genetics of adult Latino Americans with glioblastoma.
Journal of neuro-oncology - 1 Apr 2017
Shabihkhani Maryam, Telesca Donatello, Movassaghi Masoud, Naeini Yalda B, Naeini Kourosh M, Hojat Seyed Amin, Gupta Diviya, Lucey Gregory M, Ontiveros Michael, Wang Michael W, Hanna Lauren S, Sanchez Desiree E, Mareninov Sergey, Khanlou Negar, Vinters Harry V, Bergsneider Marvin, Nghiemphu Phioanh Leia, Lai Albert, Liau Linda M, Cloughesy Timothy F, Yong William H
Abstract excerpt
Latino Americans are a rapidly growing ethnic group in the United States but studies of glioblastoma in this population are limited. We have evaluated characteristics of 21,184 glioblastoma patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute. This SEER data from 2001 to 2011 draws from 28% of the U.S. POPULATION: Latinos have a lower incidence of GBM and...
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