People with a family history of brain cancer have a significantly higher risk of developing the same type of tumors than individuals with no such family history, according to a study released Monday.
A new study has indicated that people with a family history of brain cancer have a significantly higher risk of developing the cancer as compared to people with no such family history.
Individuals whose immediate relatives suffered from glioblastomas -- usually a fast-growing and deadly type of tumor in the brain or spinal cord -- had twice the risk of contracting the same kind of cancer, concluded the authors of the research, published in the September 23 issue of the journal Neurology.
About Brain Tumor
Brain tumors are the abnormal growth of brain cells that may be benign or metastatic. Brain tumors account for about 2.4% of all the tumor diagnosesandare most challenging due to their critically delicate location.
Brain tumors are the abnormal growth of brain cells that may be benign or metastatic. Brain tumors account for about 2.4% of all the tumor diagnosesandare most challenging due to their critically delicate location.
The study examines the medical records of 1,401 Americans with primary brain tumors, and three generations of each participant's family medical history.
"Our study suggests that people with a family history of brain tumors should make their doctor aware of this and tell them about any other risk factors they have," said study author Deborah Blumenthal with the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel, and the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
Brilliant Human Brain
The most amazing and complex organ in the entire universe, the human brain continues to remain an enigma.
The most amazing and complex organ in the entire universe, the human brain continues to remain an enigma.
An estimated 20,500 cases of new primary brain tumors were diagnosed in the United States in 2005, half of which were gliomas, or cancerous brain tumors.
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