Recently, it seems like the subject of tumor research has found its way into baseball. For those who aren't familiar with the sport or perhaps do not keep up with the news, recently Darren Daulton was diagnosed, which is an unfortunate piece of news. While this is definitely newsworthy, what I did not think about at the time was how many actual cases have occurred in the sport. It's a subject that deserves the attention of this kind of research since one coincidence has seemingly occurred after another.

According to TIME.com, Daulton had been diagnosed with glioblastoma in particular and those in tumor research can tell you that this is the most common yet aggressive growth seen. Just about every authority such as Voices against Brain Cancer can say just how troubling this particular condition can be. There have been many other names who have been diagnosed with the same condition, Ken Brett and Gary Carter being a couple. Each of them played catcher, so what if that has something to do with it?

Steroids are some of the most commonly utilized substances in sports and baseball is one of them. Football can be considered another one of them - albeit to a somewhat smaller degree - and one of the more prominent cases has got to be with defensive lineman known as Lyle Alzado. He passed away in 1992 but it was later revealed that he had made use of anabolic steroids throughout his career. Brain lymphoma was what he had but I think that this is a point to bring up nonetheless.

Is it possible that these factors are connected to this cancer type in some way or another? I think that it's a possibility but you have to keep in mind that no one knows where exactly this type of cancer comes about from. We do not exactly know why this condition is seen individuals, so maybe there is evidence that said factors can be linked together. I believe that we'll find better results and that we will be able to make better conclusions as to where this condition stems from.

When you get down to it, I think that this is a matter of the condition occurring as you become older. Daulton had been a retired ball player for a number of years, so it is fair to assume that the condition came about as a result. Glioblastoma is a condition which impacts many Americans, around 18,000 for those who want more solid statistics. Tumor research is going to be done constantly, though, which gives me hope that there will be results which can be utilized in the long run.