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Recent advances in Wilms' tumor predisposition.
Human molecular genetics - 20 Oct 2020
Maciaszek Jamie L, Oak Ninad, Nichols Kim E
Abstract excerpt
Wilms' tumor (WT), the most common childhood kidney cancer, develops in association with an underlying germline predisposition in up to 15% of cases. Germline alterations affecting the WT1 gene and epigenetic alterations affecting the 11p15 locus are associated with a selective increase in WT risk. Nevertheless, WT also occurs in the context of more pleiotropic cancer predispositions, such as DICER1, Li-Fraumeni...
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