A University of California, Los Angeles study of brain tumors found that the majority of children diagnosed with the disease had a family history of the disease. The study also found that genetics, including a family history of brain cancer, is a significant risk factor for children diagnosed with cancer.
We can’t say for sure what is causing this, but the two theories we can go with are either the presence of a gene that is associated with the development of brain cancer (which would make some sense) or an increase in the production of certain proteins (which would make sense). Either way, it’s a good thing that scientists are finding more cases, because it means that brain cancer is in the headlines more often than not.
Scientists are finding more cases of brain cancer, which means that for some, it is a real risk factor for developing the condition. This makes it more interesting that we have more people dying of cancer, and more people dying of cancer as we grow older.
Well this means that brain cancer is a real risk factor for a number of other illnesses as well. For example, people who have certain types of brain tumors are more likely to get Alzheimer’s disease later in life. The same goes for seizures and seizures being more common in adults with certain types of brain tumors.
Brain cancer is a real risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, and it’s also a risk factor for schizophrenia. There are a lot of studies on this, but there’s also a lot of data on that type of tumor. For example, a recent study found that children with certain types of brain tumors are more likely to develop the brain cancer and schizophrenia later on in life.
Of course the question is whether the brain cancer is also more likely to develop Alzheimers. This is true, but the researchers did point out that their findings are not conclusive in that they need to study the group in greater detail. Still, I know that it’s more common in adults than children.
If you’re wondering whether it could be the same type of cancer that leads to Alzheimers, the answer is yes. Another study found that children who were treated for brain tumors had a much higher risk of developing schizophrenia. It’s possible that the kids with schizophrenia had a more active brain tumor that was not treated or had a different type of brain tumor.
Although the study found no link between the two diseases, there are still some questions about the study’s method. Some suggest that the children with schizophrenia were also given electroconvulsive therapy.
The study is not particularly rare, especially when you consider that two thirds of kids with brain tumors come from families with a history of schizophrenia. Of course, this is one of those studies that has been done with a lot of different drugs. So it’s possible that more than one child has schizophrenia, and the brain tumor caused the schizophrenia.
In the other extreme, this study suggests that children who are given electroconvulsive therapy at a young age are at increased risk for schizophrenia. This is one of those studies that is not as strong as the one on schizophrenia, but its results are certainly interesting. Also, there are still no good studies to date on the effects of electroshock therapy on developing brains.