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Search for inherited susceptibility to radiation-associated meningioma by genomewide SNP linkage disequilibrium mapping.
British journal of cancer - 15 Mar 2011
Hosking F J, Feldman D, Bruchim R, Olver B, Lloyd A, Vijayakrishnan J, Flint-Richter P, Broderick P, Houlston R S, Sadetzki S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Exposure to ionising radiation is a well-established risk factor for multiple types of tumours, including malignant brain tumours. In the 1950s, radiotherapy was used to treat Tinea Capitis (TC) in thousands of children, mostly of North-African and Middle Eastern origin, during the mass migration to Israel. The over-representation of radiation-associated meningioma (RAM) and other cancers in specific...
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