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Whole-Genome Sequencing of Childhood Cancer Survivors Treated with Cranial Radiation Therapy Identifies 5p15.33 Locus for Stroke: A Report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study.

Yadav SapkotaYin Ting CheungWon Jong MoonKyla C SheltonCarmen L WilsonZhaoming WangDaniel A MulrooneyJinghui ZhangGregory T ArmstrongMelissa M HudsonLeslie L RobisonKevin R KrullYutaka Yasui
Published in: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (2019)
A novel locus 5p15.33 is associated with stroke risk among childhood cancer survivors, with a possible CRT dose-specific effect. The locus is of potential clinical utility in characterizing individuals who may benefit from surveillance and intervention strategies.
Keyphrases
  • childhood cancer
  • radiation therapy
  • atrial fibrillation
  • young adults
  • genome wide association study
  • randomized controlled trial
  • early life
  • public health
  • genome wide
  • gene expression
  • radiation induced
  • climate change