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Origins of Second Malignancies in Children and Mutational Footprint of Chemotherapy in Normal Tissues.
Cancer discovery - 3 Jun 2024
Sánchez-Guixé Mònica, Muiños Ferran, Pinheiro-Santin Morena, González-Huici Víctor, Rodriguez-Hernandez Carlos J, Avgustinova Alexandra, Lavarino Cinzia, González-Pérez Abel, Mora Jaume, López-Bigas Núria
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Pediatric cancers are rare diseases, and children without known germline predisposing conditions who develop a second malignancy during developmental ages are extremely rare. We present four such clinical cases and, through whole-genome and error-correcting ultra-deep duplex sequencing of tumor and normal samples, we explored the origin of the second malignancy in four children, uncovering different routes of...
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