Predisposition Footprints in the Somatic Genome of Wilms Tumors

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Approximately 10% of children with cancer harbor a mutation in a predisposition gene. In children with the kidney cancer Wilms tumor, the prevalence is as high as 30%. Certain predispositions are associated with defined histological and clinical features, suggesting differences in tumorigenesis. To investigate this, we assembled a cohort of 137 children with Wilms tumor, of whom 71 had a pathogenic germline or...

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