Genetic risk for brain cancer – a glioma called glioblastoma - Science Café - UCSF

UCSF scientists have discovered commonly inherited genetic risks for the deadliest types of brain tumors, marking the first time such a link has been definitively established.

At least 20% of these advanced brain cancers may be attributable to the newly discovered genetic risks, according to UCSF scientists led by genetic epidemiologists Margaret Wrensch, PhD, Jeffrey Chang, MD, PhD, and John Wiencke, PhD. Their study appears in the July 5 online edition of the scientific journal Nature Genetics.

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