Incidence and demographics of giant cell tumor of bone in The Netherlands: First nationwide Pathology Registry Study
Background and purpose — Giant cell tumors of bone (GCT-B) are rare, locally aggressive tumors characterized by an abundance of giant cells. Incidence studies for GCT-B are rare. This is the first study using a fully automated 100% covering pathology database, the nationwide Dutch Pathology Registry (17 million inhabitants), PALGA, to calculate incidence rates for GCT-B. Patients and methods — From PALGA, all pathology excerpts were retrieved for patients diagnosed with GCT-B, giant cell tumors of tenosynovium, and giant cell tumors of soft tissue between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2013.... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Acta Orthopaedica, Vol 89, Iss 5, Pp 570-574 (2018) |
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Medical Journals Sweden
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Schlagwörter: | Orthopedic surgery / RD701-811 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29169018 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2018.1490987 |