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Sex and smoking bias in the selection of somatic mutations in human bladder.
Nature - 1 Nov 2025
Calvet Ferriol, Blanco Martinez-Illescas Raquel, Muiños Ferran, Tretiakova Maria, Latorre-Esteves Elena S, Fredrickson Jeanne, Andrianova Maria, Pellegrini Stefano, Huber Axel Rosendahl, Ramis-Zaldivar Joan Enric, An Shuyi Charlotte, Thieme Elana, Kohrn Brendan F, Grau Miguel L, Gonzalez-Perez Abel, Lopez-Bigas Nuria, Risques Rosa Ana
Abstract excerpt
Men are at higher risk of several cancer types than women1. For bladder cancer the risk is four times higher for reasons that are not clear2. Smoking is also a principal risk factor for several tumour types, including bladder cancer3. As tumourigenesis is driven by somatic mutations, we wondered whether the landscape of clones in the normal bladder differs by sex and smoking history. Using ultradeep duplex DNA...
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