[Correspondence] Molecular diagnoses of century-old childhood tumours

A major limitation in cancer genomics studies has been the scarcity of fresh-frozen tumour material. As massively parallel sequencing has evolved, sequencing of archival tumour material preserved as formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue has become possible. The oldest tumour specimen sequenced to date was 32 years old.1

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