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SickKids' 'Rigorous' Molecular Analysis IDs Targetable Alterations, Cancer Susceptibility Mutations

Oct 27, 2020
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Andrea Anderson
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NEW YORK – Extensive sequencing within a precision oncology program at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto has unearthed not only potentially targetable somatic mutations in these kids' tumors, but also germline alterations that elucidate the roots of their cancers and the chances of relapse.

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