American Association for Cancer Research | Annual Meeting Presentation | April 2024
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This study investigates common pediatric sarcomas. The researchers aimed to understand the roles of both common and rare genetic variants in these cancers.
A note from Researcher, Dr. Logan Spector, PhD, University of Minnesota:
“I am mainly involved in trying to understand the causes of sarcomas, particularly Osteo and Ewing sarcoma, with a focus on germline genetic risk. Some surprising findings are that Ewing sarcoma unlike other sarcomas seems to be driven mainly by common genetic variation, whereas osteosarcoma and STS are driven more by rare, pathogenic variation.” Dr. Spector and his colleagues presented this research at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) conference in April, 2024.