Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Cancer gene mutation frequencies for the U.S. population

  • Gaurav Mendiratta,
  • Eugene Ke,
  • Meraj Aziz,
  • David Liarakos,
  • Melinda Tong,
  • Edward C. Stites

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26213-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Understanding the frequency of gene mutations in cancer could be important for generating targeted therapeutics. Here, the authors use SEER data and cancer genomics data from TCGA to estimate the gene mutation frequencies in the US cancer population.