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Key RMS predisposition genes and variants
Figure 1 - Key RMS predisposition genes and variants
Age distribution of individuals with and without cancer predisposition variants
Figure 2 - Age distribution of individuals with and without cancer predisposition variants

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Lupo PJ, Schraw JM, Desrosiers TA, Nembhard WN, Langlois PH, Canfield MA, Copeland G, Meyer RE, Brown AL, Chambers TM, Sok P, Danysh HE, Carozza SE, Sisoudiya SD, Hilsenbeck SG, Janitz AE, Oster ME, Scheuerle AE, Schiffman JD, Luo C, Mian A, Mueller BA, Huff CD, Rasmussen SA, Scheurer ME, Plon SE. Association Between Birth Defects and Cancer Risk Among Children and Adolescents in a Population-Based Assessment of 10 Million Live Births. JAMA Oncol. 2019 Jun 20. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.1215. [Epub ahead of print] Erratum in: JAMA Oncol. 2019 Aug 1;5(8):1232. PubMed PMID: 31219523; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6587148.

Papworth KE, Arroyo VM, Styring E, Zaikova O, Melin BS, Lupo PJ. Soft-tissue sarcoma in adolescents and young adults compared with older adults: A report among 5000 patients from the Scandinavian Sarcoma Group Central Register. Cancer. 2019 Oct 15;125(20):3595-3602. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32367. Epub 2019 Jul 9. PubMed PMID: 31287163.

Brown AL, Arroyo VM, Agrusa JE, Scheurer ME, Gramatges MM, Lupo PJ. Survival disparities for second primary malignancies diagnosed among childhood cancer survivors: A population-based assessment. Cancer. 2019 Oct 15;125(20):3623-3630. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32356. Epub 2019 Jun 28. PubMed PMID: 31251393; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6763352. Lupo PJ, Luna-Gierke RE, Chambers TM, Tavelin B, Scheurer ME, Melin B,

Papworth K. Perinatal and familial risk factors for soft tissue sarcomas in childhood through young adulthood: A population-based assessment in 4 million live births. Int J Cancer. 2020 Feb 1;146(3):791-802. doi: 10.1002/ijc.32335. Epub 2019 May 2. PubMed PMID: 30980537.

Skapek SX, Ferrari A, Gupta AA, Lupo PJ, Butler E, Shipley J, Barr FG, Hawkins Rhabdomyosarcoma. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2019 Jan 7;5(1):1. doi: 10.1038/s41572-018-0051-2. Review. PubMed PMID: 30617281.

Norwood MS, Lupo PJ, Chow EJ, Scheurer ME, Plon SE, Danysh HE, Spector LG, Carozza SE, Doody DR, Mueller BA. Childhood cancer risk in those with chromosomal and non-chromosomal congenital anomalies in Washington State: 1984-2013. PLoS One. 2017 Jun 8;12(6):e0179006. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179006. eCollection PubMed PMID: 28594943; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5464621.

Lupo PJ, Brown AL, Hettmer S. Second malignancy risk among pediatric, adolescent, and young adult survivors of fusion-positive and fusion-negative sarcomas: Results from the SEER database, 1992 through 2012. Cancer. 2016 Nov 15;122(22):3492-3500. doi: 10.1002/cncr.30222. Epub 2016 Aug 2. PubMed PMID: 27481314.

Sankaran H, Danysh HE, Scheurer ME, Okcu MF, Skapek SX, Hawkins DS, Spector LG, Erhardt EB, Grufferman S, Lupo PJ. The Role of Childhood Infections and Immunizations on Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 Sep;63(9):1557-62. doi: 10.1002/pbc.26065. Epub 2016 May 19. PubMed PMID: 27198935; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4955701.

Hingorani P, Janeway K, Crompton BD, Kadoch C, Mackall CL, Khan J, Shern JF, Schiffman J, Mirabello L, Savage SA, Ladanyi M, Meltzer P, Bult CJ, Adamson PC, Lupo PJ, Mody R, DuBois SG, Parsons DW, Khanna C, Lau C, Hawkins DS, Randall RL, Smith M, Sorensen PH, Plon SE, Skapek SX, Lessnick S, Gorlick R, Reed DR. Current state of pediatric sarcoma biology and opportunities for future discovery: A report from the sarcoma translational research workshop. Cancer Genet. 2016 May;209(5):182-94. doi: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2016.03.004. Epub 2016 Apr 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 27132463; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5497490.

Lin JL, Guillerman RP, Russell HV, Lupo PJ, Nicholls L, Okcu MF. Does Routine Imaging of Patients for Progression or Relapse Improve Survival in Rhabdomyosarcoma? Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 Feb;63(2):202-5. doi: 10.1002/pbc.25750. Epub 2015 Sep 16. PubMed PMID: 26376023.

Lupo PJ, Danysh HE, Plon SE, Curtin K, Malkin D, Hettmer S, Hawkins DS, Skapek SX, Spector LG, Papworth K, Melin B, Erhardt EB, Grufferman S, Schiffman Family history of cancer and childhood rhabdomyosarcoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group and the Utah Population Database. Cancer Med. 2015 May;4(5):781-90. doi: 10.1002/cam4.448. Epub 2015 Mar 23. PubMed PMID: 25809884; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4430270.

Grufferman S, Lupo PJ, Vogel RI, Danysh HE, Erhardt EB, Ognjanovic S. Parental military service, agent orange exposure, and the risk of rhabdomyosarcoma in offspring. J Pediatr. 2014 Dec;165(6):1216-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.08.009. Epub 2014 Sep 17. PubMed PMID: 25241182; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4254119.

Lupo PJ, Danysh HE, Skapek SX, Hawkins DS, Spector LG, Zhou R, Okcu MF, Papworth K, Erhardt EB, Grufferman S. Maternal and birth characteristics and childhood rhabdomyosarcoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer Causes Control. 2014 Jul;25(7):905-13. doi: 10.1007/s10552-014-0390-6. Epub 2014 May 16. PubMed PMID: 24831857; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4091713.

Lupo PJ, Zhou R, Skapek SX, Hawkins DS, Spector LG, Scheurer ME, Fatih Okcu M, Melin B, Papworth K, Erhardt EB, Grufferman S. Allergies, atopy, immune-related factors and childhood rhabdomyosarcoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Int J Cancer. 2014 Jan 15;134(2):431-6. doi: 10.1002/ijc.28363. Epub 2013 Aug 1. PubMed PMID: 23824786; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3869863.

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