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Brain Science Foundation, Meningioma, Meningiomas, primary brain tumors, The Meningioma Project, Dr. Peter Black, Steven Haley
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Brain Science Foundation, Meningioma, Meningiomas, primary brain tumors, The Meningioma Project, Dr. Peter Black, Steven Haley

Footnotes

1CBTRUS (2005), Statistical Report: Primary Brain Tumors in the United States, 1998-2002. Published by the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States.

2 Davis, F., Kupelian, V., Freels, S., McCarthy, B., and Surawicz, T. "Prevalence estimates for primary brain tumors in the United States by behavior and major histology groups." Neuro-Oncology, June, 2001

3 CBTRUS 1998-2002 data. United States population estimates by 5-year age group were obtained from United States census; estimates available at www.census.gov. Projections were from the middle series for July 1, 2005 with a total United States population of 287,716,000. (Internet release date: 01/13/2000). For further information on calculating expected numbers of tumors, please see Davis FG, McCarthy BJ, Jukich P, “The descriptive epidemiology of brain tumors” Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, V. 9, No. 4, November, 1999.

4Compiled by the www.BrainConnection.com

5Compiled by www.Mamashealth.com

6Compiled by www.at-bristol.org.uk