Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital, the...

New research from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has found that rare germline genetic abnormalities could increase the risk of childhood...

Hereditary changes in genes are often the cause of rare diseases. [...] In this context, researchers at the Hannover Medical School (MHH)...

New research from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and the...

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists showed that beginning surveillance soon after recognizing a patient’s predisposition...

Follow-up and treatment of children with cancer is significantly improved when inherited genetic causes are also investigated, according...

In a groundbreaking study that marries the fields of oncology and evolutionary biology, researchers have shed new light on how childhood...

Results of a study of molecular tumor profiling in young patients revealed a high rate of genetic alterations with potential for...

Most cancer drugs that target specific genetic mutations are designed for adult cancers rather than those in children, partly because ...

Twelve percent of childhood cancer survivors carry germline mutations that put them or their children at increased risk of developing...