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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.