Identification of novel candidate predisposing genes in familial nonmedullary thyroid carcinoma implicating DNA damage repair pathways

Funding Information: The authors are thankful to the patients and their families for their cooperation. The authors are thankful to Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro\u2014N\u00FAcleo Regional do Sul (LPCC\u2010NRS) that granted the researcher Marta Pojo. This study was funded by LPCC\u2010NRS, Televis\u00E3o Independente, Instituto Portugu\u00EAs de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil \u2010 E.P.E (IPOLFG), iNOVA4Health R&D Unit (UIDB/04462/2020 and UIDP/04462/2020), a program financially supported by Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia (FCT), Minist\u00E9rio da Ci\u00EAncia, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (MCTES), Associa\u00E7\u00E3o de Endocrinologia Oncol\u00F3gica, MOSTMICRO\u2010ITQB R&D Unit (UIDB/04612/2020 and UIDP/04612/2020), and the Associated Laboratory LS4FUTURE (LA/P/0087/2020). Carolina Pires was granted a PhD scholarship by FCT\u20142020.07120.BD ( https://doi.org/10.54499/2020.07120.BD ). In\u00EAs J. Marques was a recipient of a PhD scholarship from the PhD Programme ProRegeM (Mechanisms of Disease and Regenerative Medicine) approved by FCT\u2014PD/BD/108086/2015. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). International Journal of Cancer published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of UICC.