Skip to main content
Journal cover image

Current state of our knowledge on brain tumor epidemiology.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Ostrom, QT; Barnholtz-Sloan, JS
Published in: Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep
June 2011

The overall incidence of brain tumors for benign and malignant tumors combined is 18.71 per 100,000 person-years; 11.52 per 100,000 person-years for benign tumors and 7.19 per 100,000 person-years for malignant tumors. Incidence, response to treatment, and survival after diagnosis vary greatly by age at diagnosis, histologic type of tumor, and degree of neurologic compromise. The only established environmental risk factor for brain tumors is ionizing radiation exposure. Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields via cell phone use has gained a lot of attention as a potential risk factor for brain tumor development. However, studies have been inconsistent and inconclusive due to systematic differences in study designs and difficulty of accurately measuring cell phone use. Recently studies of genetic risk factors for brain tumors have expanded to genome-wide association studies. In addition, genome-wide studies of somatic genetic changes in tumors show correlation with clinical outcomes.

Duke Scholars

Altmetric Attention Stats
Dimensions Citation Stats

Published In

Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep

DOI

EISSN

1534-6293

Publication Date

June 2011

Volume

11

Issue

3

Start / End Page

329 / 335

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Radiation, Ionizing
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Humans
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Cell Phone
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • 5202 Biological psychology
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Ostrom, Q. T., & Barnholtz-Sloan, J. S. (2011). Current state of our knowledge on brain tumor epidemiology. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep, 11(3), 329–335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-011-0189-8
Ostrom, Quinn T., and Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan. “Current state of our knowledge on brain tumor epidemiology.Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 11, no. 3 (June 2011): 329–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-011-0189-8.
Ostrom QT, Barnholtz-Sloan JS. Current state of our knowledge on brain tumor epidemiology. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2011 Jun;11(3):329–35.
Ostrom, Quinn T., and Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan. “Current state of our knowledge on brain tumor epidemiology.Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep, vol. 11, no. 3, June 2011, pp. 329–35. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s11910-011-0189-8.
Ostrom QT, Barnholtz-Sloan JS. Current state of our knowledge on brain tumor epidemiology. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2011 Jun;11(3):329–335.
Journal cover image

Published In

Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep

DOI

EISSN

1534-6293

Publication Date

June 2011

Volume

11

Issue

3

Start / End Page

329 / 335

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Radiation, Ionizing
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Humans
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Cell Phone
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • 5202 Biological psychology