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==Primary Prevention== | ==Primary Prevention== | ||
Effective measures for the primary prevention of astrocytoma include preventing environmental risk factors from happening such as: | Effective measures for the primary prevention of astrocytoma include preventing environmental risk factors from happening such as: | ||
* | ** Exposure to:<ref name="pmid27125869">{{cite journal |vauthors=Caporalini C, Buccoliero AM, Scoccianti S, Moscardi S, Simoni A, Pansini L, Bordi L, Ammannati F, Taddei GL |title=Granular cell astrocytoma: report of a case and review of the literature |journal=Clin. Neuropathol. |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=186–93 |date=2016 |pmid=27125869 |doi=10.5414/NP300952 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*# Vinyl chloride | |||
*# Phenols | |||
*# Organic solvents | |||
*# Pesticides | |||
*# Formaldehyde | |||
*# 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> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D.
Overview
Primary Prevention
Effective measures for the primary prevention of astrocytoma include preventing environmental risk factors from happening such as:
- Exposure to:[1]
- Vinyl chloride
- Phenols
- Organic solvents
- Pesticides
- Formaldehyde
- Lubricating fluids
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
- Past radiation therapy to the brain[2]
References
- ↑ Caporalini C, Buccoliero AM, Scoccianti S, Moscardi S, Simoni A, Pansini L, Bordi L, Ammannati F, Taddei GL (2016). "Granular cell astrocytoma: report of a case and review of the literature". Clin. Neuropathol. 35 (4): 186–93. doi:10.5414/NP300952. PMID 27125869.
- ↑ 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.