UV radiation plays role in development of rare leukemia in the skin
Study provides one of the first descriptions of the genetic evolution of cancers that develop in multiple tissues in the body
Funding
The research was supported by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, Charles H. Hood Foundation, Children's Cancer Research Fund, the V Foundation, the National Cancer Institute, the Starr Cancer Consortium, the Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program in Hem/Onc, the Harvard Medical School Epigenetics & Gene Dynamics Initiative, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research, the American Federation for Aging Research, the William Guy Forbeck Research Foundation, the U.S. Department of Defense, the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, the Ludwig Center at Harvard, and the Bertarelli Rare Cancers Fund.
Paper cited
Griffin GK, et al. Ultraviolet radiation shapes dendritic cell leukaemia transformation in the skin. Nature. Online June 7, 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06156-8.