Native American ancestry linked to greater risk of relapse in young leukaemia patients
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 10:40
in Health & Medicine
The first genome-wide study to demonstrate an inherited genetic basis for racial and ethnic disparities in cancer survival linked Native American ancestry with an increased risk of relapse in young leukaemia patients. The work was done by investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Children's Oncology Group (COG)...