Pharmacy Daily | Higher degree = risk?

A NEW study of more than 4.3 million Swedes has revealed degree-educated people are particularly vulnerable to gliomas. University educated men were 19% more likely to be diagnosed with the malignant brain tumours than those without further education, while women were 23% more likely to develop the cancer. Lead author of the study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Amal Khanolkar said the size of the sample group made the findings reliable. The research project followed millions of Swedish nationals born between 1911 and 1961 through 1993 to 2010 and studied them for primary brain tumours. A total of 7,100 women and 5,700 men from the participants were diagnosed with brain tumours. A possible reason behind the results could be that people with higher education and jobs are more aware of symptoms and are more likely to seek help early on.

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