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When it comes to brain tumors, a patient's sex matters

  • Written by Joshua Rubin, Professor, Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Washington University in St Louis
When it comes to brain tumors, a patient's sex mattersDifferent genes drive cancer growth in males and females.Imagentle/Shutterstock.com

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