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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]

Overview

Common risk factors in the development of medulloblastoma may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral.

Risk Factors

• Medullobastomas is associated with a number of syndromes that include:

• Gorlin syndrome
• Turcot syndrome
• Coffin-Siris syndrome
• Cowden syndrome
• Gardner syndrome
• Li-Fraumeni syndrome
• Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome