Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Genomic disparities between cancers in adolescent and young adults and in older adults

  • Xiaojing Wang,
  • Anne-Marie Langevin,
  • Peter J. Houghton,
  • Siyuan Zheng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34959-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The biological underpinnings underlying the increased mortality and morbidity in adolescents and young adults (AYA) remains poorly understood. Here, the authors investigate the clinical and genomic disparities in AYA and older adults in a cohort of more than 100,000 cancer patients.