risk

Risk of brain tumorThe following risk factors are associated with an increased chance of developing a primary brain tumor: Being male - In general, brain tumors are more common in males than females. However, meningiomas are more common in females.Race - Brain tumors occur more often among white people than among people of other races.Age - Most brain tumors are detected in people who are 70 years old or older. However, brain tumors are the second most common cancer in children. (Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer.) Brain tumors are more common in children younger than 8 years old than in older children.Family history -...

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causes

causes of brain tumorNo one knows the exact causes of brain tumors. Doctors can seldom explain why one person develops a brain tumor and another does not. However, it is clear that brain tumors are not contagious. No one can "catch" the disease from another person. Research has shown that people with certain risk factors are more likely than others to develop a brain tumor. A risk factor is anything that increases a person's chance of developing a disease.Most brain tumors in children originate when a normal cell begins to grow abnormally and reproduce too rapidly. Eventually these cells develop into a mass called a tumor. The exact cause...

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