Study Could Result in New Strategies For Treating Juvenile Cancer (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center)
Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis found that hereditary genetic mutations account for 8.5% of childhood malignancies, a higher amount than expected. Yet they found a family history of cancer in only 40% of children with such mutations.
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Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
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