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Are primary brain tumors rare in women in their thirties? overall, what are statistics and likelihood? healthy, nonsmoker.
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Primary tumors: are rare PERIOD. In the 30-40 age group, there is actually an uptick in the incidence of astrocytomas and multifocal glioblastomas, though I am not certain exactly how much. Otherwise the overall incidence is not that bad to require screening tests.
Answered 10/2/2015
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