The study findings support including childhood non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the spectrum of cancers associated with BRCA2 mutations.
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Childhood or pediatric cancers occur in children less than 15 years of age. They are rare and differ from adult tumors in their location and behaviour.
Childhood or pediatric cancers occur in children less than 15 years of age. They are rare and differ from adult tumors in their location and behaviour.
‘The study findings support including childhood non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the spectrum of cancers associated with BRCA2 mutations.’
Compared with individuals without cancer, there was a statistically significant association between BRCA2 mutations and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma but not Hodgkin lymphoma. Authors: Zhaoming Wang, Ph.D., St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, and coauthors
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.2203)
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Hodgkins lymphoma or Hodgkins disease has the distinction of being the first cancer to be cured by chemotherapy or by radiotherapy.
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