Epidemiology of Brain and Other CNS Tumors

This article summarizes the current state of the knowledge on the epidemiology of brain and other CNS tumors.Recent FindingsFor childhood and adolescent brain and other CNS tumors, high birth weight, non-chromosomal structural birth defects and higher socioeconomic position were shown to be risk factors. For adults, increased leukocyte telomere length, proportion of European ancestry, higher socioeconomic position, and HLA haplotypes increase risk of malignant brain tumors, while immune factors decrease risk.SummaryAlthough no risk factor accounting for a large proportion of brain and other CNS tumors has been discovered, the use of high throughput “omics” approaches and improved detection/measurement of environmental exposures will help us refine our current understanding of these factors and discover novel risk factors for this disease.
Source: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports - Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research