New type of genetic change identified in inherited cancer

Monday, October 5, 2009 - 02:07 in Biology & Nature

Duke University Medical Centre and National Cancer Institute scientists have discovered that a novel genetic alteration - a second copy of an entire gene - is a cause of familial chordoma, an uncommon form of cancer arising in bones and frequently affecting the nervous system...

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