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=== Common Risk Factors === | === Common Risk Factors === | ||
* Envirmontal Risk Factors: Exposure to: | * Envirmontal Risk Factors: | ||
** Vinyl chloride | ** Exposure to: | ||
** Phenols | **# Vinyl chloride | ||
** Organic solvents | **# Phenols | ||
** Pesticides | **# Organic solvents | ||
** Formaldehyde | **# Pesticides | ||
** Lubricating fluids | **# Formaldehyde | ||
** Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. | **# Lubricating fluids | ||
**# Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. | |||
** Past [[radiation therapy]] to the [[brain]]<ref name="pmid29717567">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sheppard JP, Nguyen T, Alkhalid Y, Beckett JS, Salamon N, Yang I |title=Risk of Brain Tumor Induction from Pediatric Head CT Procedures: A Systematic Literature Review |journal=Brain Tumor Res Treat |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=1–7 |date=April 2018 |pmid=29717567 |pmc=5932294 |doi=10.14791/btrt.2018.6.e4 |url=}}</ref> | |||
* Genetic Disorders Risk factors:<ref name="pmid26892650">{{cite journal |vauthors=Soura E, Eliades PJ, Shannon K, Stratigos AJ, Tsao H |title=Hereditary melanoma: Update on syndromes and management: Genetics of familial atypical multiple mole melanoma syndrome |journal=J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. |volume=74 |issue=3 |pages=395–407; quiz 408–10 |date=March 2016 |pmid=26892650 |pmc=4761105 |doi=10.1016/j.jaad.2015.08.038 |url=}}</ref> | * Genetic Disorders Risk factors:<ref name="pmid26892650">{{cite journal |vauthors=Soura E, Eliades PJ, Shannon K, Stratigos AJ, Tsao H |title=Hereditary melanoma: Update on syndromes and management: Genetics of familial atypical multiple mole melanoma syndrome |journal=J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. |volume=74 |issue=3 |pages=395–407; quiz 408–10 |date=March 2016 |pmid=26892650 |pmc=4761105 |doi=10.1016/j.jaad.2015.08.038 |url=}}</ref> | ||
** Neurofibromatosis | ** Neurofibromatosis | ||
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=== Less Common Risk Factors === | === Less Common Risk Factors === | ||
* | * Blood group A | ||
* Previous head trauma | |||
* History of meningitis | |||
* History of epilepsy | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
Overview
Risk Factors
Common Risk Factors
- Envirmontal Risk Factors:
- Exposure to:
- Vinyl chloride
- Phenols
- Organic solvents
- Pesticides
- Formaldehyde
- Lubricating fluids
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
- Past radiation therapy to the brain[1]
- Exposure to:
- Genetic Disorders Risk factors:[2]
- Neurofibromatosis
- Tuberous sclerosis
- Li-Fraumeni syndrome
- Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome
- Turcot syndrome
- Melanoma-astrocytoma syndrome
Less Common Risk Factors
- Blood group A
- Previous head trauma
- History of meningitis
- History of epilepsy
References
- ↑ Sheppard JP, Nguyen T, Alkhalid Y, Beckett JS, Salamon N, Yang I (April 2018). "Risk of Brain Tumor Induction from Pediatric Head CT Procedures: A Systematic Literature Review". Brain Tumor Res Treat. 6 (1): 1–7. doi:10.14791/btrt.2018.6.e4. PMC 5932294. PMID 29717567.
- ↑ Soura E, Eliades PJ, Shannon K, Stratigos AJ, Tsao H (March 2016). "Hereditary melanoma: Update on syndromes and management: Genetics of familial atypical multiple mole melanoma syndrome". J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 74 (3): 395–407, quiz 408–10. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2015.08.038. PMC 4761105. PMID 26892650.