Interesting article: do children with cancer have an underlying gene abnormality?
Understanding Childhood Cancer With Dr GeoffShow Notes
Parents always ask why their child developed cancer. They ask if it is genetic, meaning is it something hereditary, or some abnormality in the DNA that the child was born with. In this episode I discuss a recent paper that examined this question. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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