Brain Cancer Gene

Twenty-four year old med student P.J. Lukac did not fit the typical patient profile when he was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a deadly brain tumor that rarely strikes people under the age of fifty.

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Brain Cancer Gene: Twenty-four year old med student P.J. Lukac did not fit the typical patient profile when he was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a deadly brain tumor that rarely strikes people under the age of fifty.; mental health, glioblastoma, deadly brain tumor, brain tumor, radiation, chemotherapy, genetic research, complex diseases, altered genes, JAMA, journal of american medical association, tumor growth, aggressive brain tumors, biology of the tumors, northwestern university research, Cognitive Related Disorders

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