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Identification of kinase fusion oncogenes in post-Chernobyl radiation-induced thyroid cancers.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Nov 2013
Ricarte-Filho Julio C, Li Sheng, Garcia-Rendueles Maria E R, Montero-Conde Cristina, Voza Francesca, Knauf Jeffrey A, Heguy Adriana, Viale Agnes, Bogdanova Tetyana, Thomas Geraldine A, Mason Christopher E, Fagin James A
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to ionizing radiation during childhood markedly increases the risk of developing papillary thyroid cancer. We examined tissues from 26 Ukrainian patients with thyroid cancer who were younger than 10 years of age and living in contaminated areas during the time of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident. We identified nonoverlapping somatic driver mutations in all 26 cases through candidate gene assays and...
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