Repair of DNA double-strand breaks after low radiation doses in childhood cancer survivors and matched cancer-free individuals
Johanna Mirsch, Ratna Nuria Cordoni, Cornelia Schmitt, Melina I. Dehnert, Alicia Schulze, Danuta Galetzka, Sebastian Zahnreich, Peter Scholz-Kreisel, Thomas Hankeln, Manuela Marron, Maria Blettner, Cécile M. Ronckers, Heinz Schmidberger, Markus Löbrich
This study compares DNA double-strand break repair efficiency at low and high damage levels between childhood cancer survivors and cancer-free individuals, finding that survivors repair low-level breaks more efficiently.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Aug 26, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology