Brain Cancer
Many people are still unaware that brain cancer is one of the most lethal yet understudied of all cancers.
The Causes
The following factors have been proposed as possible risk factors, but whether these factors actually increase an individual’s risk of a brain tumor is not known for sure, hence the need for further research and funding.
- Radiation to the head
- An inherited (genetic) risk
- HIV infection
- Cigarette smoking
- Environmental toxins
Worryingly little is known about this disease, other than some devastating statistics.
- Brain cancer the leading cause of cancer death for people under the age of 39
- Brain cancer in children aged under 15 accounts for one third of all cancer deaths in this age group
- It carries the highest financial burden of all cancers
- It receives very little research funding
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