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According to the singer's representative, Crow was diagnosed with meningioma, a common type of brain tumor.
CNN: Sheryl Crow: Brain tumor is a 'bump in the road'
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Between 6, 500 and 10, 000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with a meningioma each year.
CNN: Sheryl Crow: Brain tumor is a 'bump in the road'
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Even more troubling was the finding that people who had been given a panorex when they were under ten had 4.9 times the normal risk of developing a meningioma.
ECONOMIST: Confirmation that dental X-rays can be bad for you
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The researchers found that people who had had a meningioma were more than twice as likely as those who had not to have had at least one bitewing X-ray.
ECONOMIST: Confirmation that dental X-rays can be bad for you
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Conducted under the auspices of the World Health Organization, it interviewed more than 5, 000 people afflicted with glioma or meningioma brain tumors, along with a control group, from 13 countries.
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Interphone began by gathering a group of people who had had the cancers of interest (glioma, meningioma, acoustic neurinoma and parotid gland tumour) and questioning them about their past use of mobile phones.
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