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Secondary Tumor Risk in Pediatric Cancer Survivors Linked to Germline Variants, Treatment Type

Jun 05, 2020
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NEW YORK – Secondary cancer risk appears to jump in pediatric cancer patients carrying risky germline variants in DNA repair genes who are exposed to DNA-damaging treatments such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy as part of their original treatment, new research suggests.

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