Child brain cancers 'may be caused by infections'

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Tuesday, April 02, 2002 5:45 PM

Child brain cancers 'may be caused by infections'

 

 

Tuesday, April 02, 2002 10:08 AM

Child brain cancers 'may be caused by infections' - Your News from

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> The first evidence that childhood brain cancer could be caused by

environmental factors such as infection with bacteria has been revealed.

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> A large study in the British Journal of Cancer found that cases of the

condition - for which there is no known single cause - appeared in clusters

for short periods of time, suggesting it was caused by outbreaks of

infection.

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> Childhood brain cancer is a rare disease, affecting around 290 children in

the UK each year and causing about 100 deaths.

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> Full story: http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_558455.html

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