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Traumatic brain injury and subsequent risk of brain cancer in US veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

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About The Study: Moderate or severe and penetrating traumatic brain injury (TBI) were associated with the subsequent development of brain cancer in this study of more than 1.9 million veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. However, mild TBI was not associated with later brain cancer diagnoses. 

Authors: Ian J. Stewart, M.D., of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, is the corresponding author. 

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.54588)

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