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Genetic predisposition and chromosome instability in neuroblastoma.
Cancer metastasis reviews - 1 Mar 2020
Tonini Gian Paolo, Capasso Mario
Abstract excerpt
Neuroblastoma (NB) is a pediatric tumor of embryonic origin. About 1-2% of all NBs are familial cases, and genetic predisposition is suspected for the remaining cases. During the last decade, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and high-throughput sequencing approaches have been used to identify associations among common and rare genetic variants and NB risk. Substantial data has been produced by large patient...
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