First seeds of kidney cancer sown in adolescence

(Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) The earliest critical genetic changes that can lead to kidney cancer have been mapped by scientists. The first key genetic change occurs in childhood or adolescence, and the resulting cells follow a consistent path to progress into kidney cancer four or five decades later, scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators have found. Insights from the study present an opportunity to develop approaches for early detection and early intervention in kidney cancer.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news