Call The Doctor
Brain Cancer: Are You At Risk?
Season 31 Episode 15 | 24m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
Almost 23,000 Americans are diagnosed with a brain or spinal cord tumor each year
Almost 23,000 American adults and children are diagnosed with a brain or spinal cord tumor each year and there are more than 125 different types of brain cancer. Most people diagnosed with brain cancer do not have any known risk factors but there are certain environmental and genetic conditions that have been shown to increase a person’s chances of developing one.
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Call The Doctor is a local public television program presented by WVIA
Call The Doctor
Brain Cancer: Are You At Risk?
Season 31 Episode 15 | 24m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
Almost 23,000 American adults and children are diagnosed with a brain or spinal cord tumor each year and there are more than 125 different types of brain cancer. Most people diagnosed with brain cancer do not have any known risk factors but there are certain environmental and genetic conditions that have been shown to increase a person’s chances of developing one.
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Clip: S31 Ep15 | 30s | Andrew R. Conger, MD, MS (30s)
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