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Article: SCIENTISTS LINK GENE TO BRAIN TUMORS.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- March 12, 1993
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Scientists have tracked down a defective gene that may cause nearly a third of all human brain tumors, opening the way for new strategies to stop these cancers.
The genetic error causes neurofibromatosis type 2 - or NF2 - a disease that is passed through families. However, researchers believe that defects in the same gene also frequently cause brain tumors that occur sporadically, rather than being inherited.
About 15,600 Americans are diagnosed with brain tumors each year, and 11,500 die from them. Doctors from Massachusetts General ...