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Authors
- Laura Torrado-Moya
- Isabel Domínguez-Rios
- J Chang-Claude
- Paloma Sosa‐Fajardo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0130-321X)
- Chris J. Talbot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7406-8962)
- Erik Briers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7267-8449)
- B. Avuzzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7135-4506)
- Juan Fernández‐Tajes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1515-2421)
- Tim Rattay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2824-4854)
- A. Cicchetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1062-2930)
- Liv Veldeman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0995-2687)
- D. Azria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7533-2988)
- Carsten Herskind (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6554-5907)
- Adam Webb
- Alison M. Dunning (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6651-7166)
- Laura Fachal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7256-9752)
- Paula Peleteiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8900-2541)
- Ulrich Giesche
- Debbie Payne
- P. Gabriele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1792-2525)
- T. Rancati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7849-603X)
- S. Morlino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3249-766X)
- Philipp Heumann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6650-6045)
- Ramón Lobato-Busto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8888-8910)
- E Sperk
- Valérie Fonteyne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6724-1595)
- Holly Summersgill
- Sara Gutiérrez‐Enríquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1711-6101)
- Begoña Taboada‐Valladares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1635-7955)
- Gilles Defraene (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3622-4925)
- Antonio Gómez‐Caamaño (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9773-4590)
- Maarten Lambrecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8746-2691)
- Miguel E. Aguado‐Barrera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7822-6726)
- Martina E. Schmidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-2426)
- Harkeran K. Jandu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6978-8092)
- Petra Seibold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7360-6335)
- Irmgard Helmbold
- Hilary Stobart
- Marlon R. Veldwijk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6821-3489)
- Renée Bultijnck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4122-2323)
- Petra Stegmaier
- Sarah Kerns
- S. Vasanthan
- R.P. Symonds
- R. Kaaks
- Roxana Draghici
- Ben Vanneste
- Catharine M. L.West
- Richard Stock
- Piet Ost
- Olivia Fuentes-Ríos
- Irene Fajardo-Paneque
- Juan Camilo Rosas Romero
- Belinda Rodriguez-Lage
- Ana Carballo
- Rebecca M. Shearer
- Kiran Kancherla
- Patricia Calvo-Crespo
- Tim Ward
- Christopher Kent
- Ananya Choudhury
- Dirk De Ruysscher
- Barry S. Rosenstein
- Karin Haustermans
- Ana Vega (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7416-5137)
- Riccardo Valdagni
Institutions
- University of Leicester (GB)
- Inserm (FR)
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- University of Milan (IT)
- Université de Montpellier (FR)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Ghent University Hospital (BE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (GB)
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
- Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (FR)
- GZA Ziekenhuizen Campus Sint-Augustinus (BE)
- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago (ES)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (ES)
- St. Vincentius-Kliniken (DE)
- Universitätsklinik für Strahlentherapie (DE)
- Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica (ES)
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (ES)
- Candiolo Cancer Institute (IT)
- University Medical Centre Mannheim (DE)
- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (IT)
- Servicio Gallego de Salud (ES)
- Instituto de Investigación de Enfermedades Raras (ES)
- Maastro Clinic (NL)
- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (ES)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2026-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72041-3
- Primary Topic
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Fundación Cellex
- Centres de Recerca de Catalunya
- Cancer Research UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- University of Leicester
- European Commission
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Generalitat de Catalunya
- Manchester Biomedical Research Centre
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III
- Agencia Estatal de Investigación
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre