@article{ref1,
title="Serious brain injuries tied to higher brain cancer risk in US veterans",
journal="JAMA journal of the American Medical Association",
year="2024",
author="Harris, Emily",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="oderate or severe traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), along with penetrating TBIs, were linked with a higher risk of brain cancer among US veterans who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, a cohort study of 1.9 million veterans found. The data came from medical records from 2004 to 2019.   Moderate or severe TBIs were associated with a 90% increased risk of brain cancer. The overall chance of developing remained small, though: 17 people out of about 47 000 with moderate or severe TBIs--or 0.04%--were diagnosed with brain cancer.   Less than 0.06% of veterans with penetrating TBIs were diagnosed with brain cancer. But that represented a more than 3-fold increase in risk compared with those without TBI. Mild TBIs were not associated with later risk of brain cancer.   &quot;Given that TBI is a common injury incurred in the course of military service, further research of this rare but devastating condition is needed to better identify those at risk,&quot; the researchers wrote in JAMA Network Open. ...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0098-7484",
doi="10.1001/jama.2024.1119",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.1119"
}