Metastatic cancers are far more common than primary tumors of the brain and spinal cord
April 18th, 2008 by admin
Aside from exposure to vinyl chloride or ionising radiation, there are no known environmental factors associated with brain tumors. Mutations and deletions of so-called tumor supressor genes are incriminated in some forms of brain tumors. Patients with various inherited diseases, such as Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, multiple endocrine neoplasia, neurofibromatosis type 2 are at high risk of developing.
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