Cancer genetics: X-inactivation and cancer incidence

Nature Reviews Cancer 17, 3 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrc.2016.152 Author: Sarah Seton-Rogers Males have a higher risk than females of developing many cancers but the reasons for this disparity are unclear. Dunford et al. analysed exome sequences of 4,126 tumours across 21 cancer types and identified some tumour suppressor genes on the X chromosome that escape
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