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Epidemiology of Intracranial Gliomas.

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Ostrom, QT; Gittleman, H; Stetson, L; Virk, S; Barnholtz-Sloan, JS
Published in: Prog Neurol Surg
2018

Gliomas are the most common primary intracranial neoplasms, which cause significant mortality and morbidity that is disproportionate to their relatively rare incidence. Many potential risk factors for glioma have been studied to date, but only few provide explanation for the number of brain tumor cases identified. The most significant findings include increased risk due to exposure to ionizing radiation and decreased risk with the history of allergy or atopic diseases. The potential effect of the cellular phone usage has been evaluated extensively, but the results remain inconclusive. A very small proportion of gliomas can be attributed to inherited genetic disorders. Additionally, recent analyses using the genome-wide association study design have identified several inherited genomic risk variants.

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Prog Neurol Surg

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1662-3924

Publication Date

2018

Volume

30

Start / End Page

1 / 11

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Radiation, Ionizing
  • Humans
  • Glioma
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Cell Phone Use
  • Brain Neoplasms
 

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Ostrom, Q. T., Gittleman, H., Stetson, L., Virk, S., & Barnholtz-Sloan, J. S. (2018). Epidemiology of Intracranial Gliomas. Prog Neurol Surg, 30, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1159/000464374
Ostrom, Quinn T., Haley Gittleman, Lindsay Stetson, Selene Virk, and Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan. “Epidemiology of Intracranial Gliomas.Prog Neurol Surg 30 (2018): 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1159/000464374.
Ostrom QT, Gittleman H, Stetson L, Virk S, Barnholtz-Sloan JS. Epidemiology of Intracranial Gliomas. Prog Neurol Surg. 2018;30:1–11.
Ostrom, Quinn T., et al. “Epidemiology of Intracranial Gliomas.Prog Neurol Surg, vol. 30, 2018, pp. 1–11. Pubmed, doi:10.1159/000464374.
Ostrom QT, Gittleman H, Stetson L, Virk S, Barnholtz-Sloan JS. Epidemiology of Intracranial Gliomas. Prog Neurol Surg. 2018;30:1–11.
Journal cover image

Published In

Prog Neurol Surg

DOI

EISSN

1662-3924

Publication Date

2018

Volume

30

Start / End Page

1 / 11

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Radiation, Ionizing
  • Humans
  • Glioma
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Cell Phone Use
  • Brain Neoplasms