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High Prevalence of Gene Fusions and Copy Number Alterations in Pediatric Radiation Therapy-Induced Papillary and Follicular Thyroid Carcinomas.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Apr 2022
Hess Jennifer R, Newbern Dorothee K, Beebe Kristen L, Walsh Alexandra M, Schafernak Kristian T
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Background: Childhood cancer survivors and bone marrow transplant recipients treated with radiation therapy (RT) are at increased risk for subsequent thyroid cancer. However, the genetic landscape of pediatric thyroid cancer, both primary and RT-induced, remains poorly defined, as pediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has been understudied compared with adults and data on pediatric follicular thyroid...
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