Mosaic mutations in blood DNA sequence are associated with solid tumor cancers

Cancer: Blood mutations linked to solid tumor risk Increased risk for solid tumors linked to mutations detected in blood samples that shorten the coding sequence of their genes. Mark Daly and colleagues from the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, used large genomic databases to test w...

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Main Authors: Mykyta Artomov, Manuel A. Rivas, Giulio Genovese, Mark J. Daly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-07-01
Series:npj Genomic Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41525-017-0025-4