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The pan-cancer landscape of prognostic germline variants in 10,582 patients.
Genome medicine - 17 Feb 2020
Chatrath Ajay, Przanowska Roza, Kiran Shashi, Su Zhangli, Saha Shekhar, Wilson Briana, Tsunematsu Takaaki, Ahn Ji-Hye, Lee Kyung Yong, Paulsen Teressa, Sobierajska Ewelina, Kiran Manjari, Tang Xiwei, Li Tianxi, Kumar Pankaj, Ratan Aakrosh, Dutta Anindya
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: While clinical factors such as age, grade, stage, and histological subtype provide physicians with information about patient prognosis, genomic data can further improve these predictions. Previous studies have shown that germline variants in known cancer driver genes are predictive of patient outcome, but no study has systematically analyzed multiple cancers in an unbiased way to identify genetic loci...
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