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Tumorigenesis in Down's syndrome: big lessons from a small chromosome.
Nature reviews. Cancer - 1 Oct 2012
Nižetić Dean, Groet Jürgen
Abstract excerpt
If assessed by a number of criteria for cancer predisposition, Down's syndrome (DS) should be an overwhelmingly cancer-prone condition. Although childhood leukaemias occur more frequently in DS, paradoxically, individuals with DS have a markedly lower incidence of most solid tumours. Understandin...
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