Glioblastoma Multiforme Risk Factors
What are the risk factors that lead to this condition? Are you at risk of getting Glioblastoma Multiforme? Below you'll find information on each of the known risk factors for this condition.
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Glioblastoma Multiforme Risks
These factors increase your chance of developing GBM. Tell your doctor if you have any of these risk factors:
- Sex: male (slightly more common in men that women)
- Age: over 50 years old
- Ethnicity: Caucasians, Latinos, Asians
- Having a low-grade astrocytoma (brain tumor), which occasionally develops into a higher-grade tumor
- Having one of the following genetic disorders is associated with an increased incidence of gliomas
- Neurofibromatosis
- Tuberous sclerosis
- Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
- Li-Fraumeni syndrome
- Turcot's syndrome
- Radiotherapy (association between high-dose ionizing radiation and astrocytoma)
There is inconsistent evidence that electromagnetic radiation and cell phone use are associated with this condition.
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