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Doctors, what are the odds of having a sinus infection and a brain tumor?
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According to: the CDC, 12% of adults in US are diagnosed with sinusitis. According to cancer.gov, lifetime risk of CNS neoplasm is 0.6%. They are independent of one another, so risk of both is computed by multiplying the individual probabilities...it is 0.072%.
Answered 9/6/2018
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