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==Risk Factors==
==Risk Factors==
*Common risk factors in the development of meningioma are history of radiation treatment, inherited [[nervous system]] disorders, and female gender.<ref name="wiki">Meningioma. Wikipedia(2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningioma#Signs_and_symptoms Accessed on September, 25 2015</ref><ref name="Canada">Risk factors for brain and spinal cord cancer. Canadian Cancer Society(2015) http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/brain-spinal/risks/?region=mb Accessed on September, 25 2015</ref><ref name="pmid20821343">{{cite journal| author=Wiemels J, Wrensch M, Claus EB| title=Epidemiology and etiology of meningioma. | journal=J Neurooncol | year= 2010 | volume= 99 | issue= 3 | pages= 307-14 | pmid=20821343 | doi=10.1007/s11060-010-0386-3 | pmc=PMC2945461 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20821343  }} </ref>
*Common risk factors in the development of meningioma include:
 
** Ionizing radiation
*The table below lists the risk factors for meningioma development:
{|
! style="background: #4479BA; width: 200px; color: #FFFFFF;"|'''Risk Factor'''
 
! style="background: #4479BA; width: 600px; color: #FFFFFF;"|'''Description'''
 
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" | '''Radiation treatment'''|| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Head [[radiation therapy]] and dental [[X-ray]] are correlated with an increased risk of meningioma
 
|-
 
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" | '''Inherited nervous system disorder'''|| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |[[Neurofibromatosis type 2]] increases the risk of meningioma
 
|-
 
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" | '''Gender'''|| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Female [[hormone]]s play an important role in the development of meningioma
 
|-
 
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" | '''Cell phone use'''|| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Heavy cell phone use has been associated with increased risk of meningioma
 
|-
 
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" | '''Trauma'''|| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | A positive history of head [[trauma]] increases the risk of meningioma
|}


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Haytham Allaham, M.D. [2]

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Common risk factors in the development of meningioma are history of radiation treatment, inherited nervous system disorders, and female gender.[1][2][3]

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  • Common risk factors in the development of meningioma include:
    • Ionizing radiation

References

  1. ↑ Meningioma. Wikipedia(2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningioma#Signs_and_symptoms Accessed on September, 25 2015
  2. ↑ Risk factors for brain and spinal cord cancer. Canadian Cancer Society(2015) http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/brain-spinal/risks/?region=mb Accessed on September, 25 2015
  3. ↑ Wiemels J, Wrensch M, Claus EB (2010). "Epidemiology and etiology of meningioma". J Neurooncol. 99 (3): 307–14. doi:10.1007/s11060-010-0386-3. PMC 2945461. PMID 20821343.


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