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Germline mutations and age at onset of lung adenocarcinoma.
Cancer - 1 Aug 2021
Reckamp Karen L, Behrendt Carolyn E, Slavin Thomas P, Gray Stacy W, Castillo Danielle K, Koczywas Marianna, Cristea Mihaela C, Babski Kirsten M, Stearns Donna, Marcum Catherine A, Rodriguez Yenni P, Hass Amie J, Vecchio Mary M, Mora Pamela, Cervantes Aleck E, Sand Sharon R, Mejia Rosa M, Tsou Terrence C, Salgia Ravi, Weitzel Jeffrey N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: To identify additional at-risk groups for lung cancer screening, which targets persons with a long history of smoking and thereby misses younger or nonsmoking cases, the authors evaluated germline pathogenic variants (PVs) in patients with lung adenocarcinoma for an association with an accelerated onset. METHODS: The authors assembled a retrospective cohort (1999-2018) of oncogenetic clinic patients...
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