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Can you get brain tumor from a traumatic head injury?
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No: There is no connection between traumatic brain injury and the development of subsequent cancer.
Answered 1/3/2013
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No: All of the data do not show a correlation between brain injury and the subsequent development of a brain tumor.
Answered 9/29/2016
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