Cancer-predisposing germline variants and subsequent cancer risk

Affiliations

¹ Division of Childhood Cancer Epidemiology, German Childhood Cancer Registry, Institute for Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz 55101, Germany. Electronic address: ronckerc@uni-mainz.de.
² Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
³ Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.

Comment

Cécile M Ronckers et al. Lancet Oncol. 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;24(10):1059-1061.

doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(23)00461-8.

¹ Division of Childhood Cancer Epidemiology, German Childhood Cancer Registry, Institute for Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz 55101, Germany. Electronic address: ronckerc@uni-mainz.de.
² Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
³ Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.

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