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Coverage dated October 14, 2026

Scientists Find Unusual Pattern in Children Later Diagnosed With Cancer

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Researchers found DNA-repair antibodies in children years before diagnosis, offering hope for earlier cancer detection.

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  1. MedicalXpress

    Abnormal antibodies that disrupt DNA repair could explain childhood cancer (opens MedicalXpress)

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    A team of scientists in Norway has found evidence for a new mechanism for the development of cancer in children: They seem to produce an unusual amount of aberrant antibodies against the building blocks that make up the DNA repair machinery, a diverse set of hundreds of proteins that identify and co…

  2. Newsweek

    Scientists Find Unusual Pattern in Children Later Diagnosed With Cancer (opens Newsweek)

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    Researchers found DNA-repair antibodies in children years before diagnosis, offering hope for earlier cancer detection.

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