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

Risk Factors

Common risk factors in the development of glioblastoma are:

• Radiation exposure
• Viruses (SV40, HHV-6, and cytomegalovirus)
• Polyvinyl chloride
• Alcohol
• Genetic disorders
  • Neurofibromatosis type 1
  • Tuberous sclerosis
  • Von Hippel-Lindau disease
  • Li-Fraumeni syndrome
  • Turcot syndrome

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