Serious Brain Injuries Tied to Higher Brain Cancer Risk in US Veterans
Moderate or severe traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), along with penetrating TBIs, were linked with a higher risk of brain cancer among US veterans who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, a cohort study of 1.9 million veterans found. The data came from medical records from 2004 to 2019.
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
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