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Why do young people get cancer?

Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Jul 2020

Kentsis Alex

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Oncologists and cancer biologists are frequently confronted by the question of what causes cancer? This is particularly vexing for cancers affecting children and young adults who have had limited exposure to environmental mutagens and the effects of aging. Here, I focus on a general framework of the causes of early-onset cancer development in children and young adults by relating inherited and constitutional...

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PMID: 32391946
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28335
PMCID: PMC7582786

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