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Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue in young non-smokers is genomically similar to tumors in older smokers.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Jul 2014
Pickering Curtis R, Zhang Jiexin, Neskey David M, Zhao Mei, Jasser Samar A, Wang Jiping, Ward Alexandra, Tsai C Jillian, Ortega Alves Marcus V, Zhou Jane H, Drummond Jennifer, El-Naggar Adel K, Gibbs Richard, Weinstein John N, Wheeler David A, Wang Jing, Frederick Mitchell J, Myers Jeffrey N
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Epidemiologic studies have identified an increasing incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue (SCCOT) in younger patients. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: DNA isolated from tongue tumors of young (<45 years, non-smokers) and old (>45 years) patients at was subjected to whole-exome sequencing and copy-number analysis. These data were compared with data from similar patients in the TCGA (The Cancer...
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