The histology of brain tumors for 67 331 children and 671 085 adults diagnosed in 60 countries during 2000-2014

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  • Cancer Survival Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

    Cancer Division, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service, Public Health England, London, UK

    Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

    Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Registo Oncológico Regional do Norte, Porto, Portugal

    Cancer Registry of St Gallen-Appenzell, St Gallen, Switzerland

    Epidemiology Unit and Girona Cancer Registry, Girona, Spain

    Registro Español de Tumores Infantiles, Valencia, Spain

    Arkhangelsk Regional Cancer Registry, Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    British Columbia Cancer Registry, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    New South Wales Cancer Registry, Alexandria, Australia

    Quito Cancer Registry, Quito, Ecuador

    Ontario Cancer Registry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    The Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway

    Registro de Câncer de Base Populacional de Aracaju, Aracaju, Brazil

    State Health Registry of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

Corresponding Author: Fabio Girardi, Cancer Survival Group, Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK ([email protected]). Present affiliation: Division of Medical Oncology 2, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy

CONCORD Working Group members are listed before the Reference section.

Revised August 05, 2021

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Neuro-Oncology 23(10):p 1765-1776, October 2021. | DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab067
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