Recurrent Rearrangements Identified in Rare Infant Soft Tissue Tumors

Jun 18, 2018

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A new genomic and transcriptomic analysis of rare, soft tissue tumors that develop in infants has detected recurrent EGFR and BRAF rearrangements that may render them vulnerable to targeted treatment.

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