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Ancestry-specific predisposing germline variants in cancer.
Genome medicine - 29 May 2020
Oak Ninad, Cherniack Andrew D, Mashl R Jay, Hirsch Fred R, Ding Li, Beroukhim Rameen, Gümüş Zeynep H, Plon Sharon E, Huang Kuan-Lin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Distinct prevalence of inherited genetic predisposition may partially explain the difference of cancer risks across ancestries. Ancestry-specific analyses of germline genomes are required to inform cancer genetic risk and prognosis of diverse populations. METHODS: We conducted analyses using germline and somatic sequencing data generated by The Cancer Genome Atlas. Collapsing pathogenic and likely...
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