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Oncogenic rearrangements driving ionizing radiation-associated human cancer.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Nov 2013
Santoro Massimo, Carlomagno Francesca
Abstract excerpt
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster has caused a remarkable increase in radiation-induced papillary thyroid carcinoma in children and young adults. In this issue of the JCI, Ricarte-Filho and colleagues demonstrate that chromosomal rearrangements are the oncogenic "drivers" in most post-Chernobyl carcinomas and that they often lead to unscheduled activation of the MAPK signaling pathway. These findings represent a...
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