Article
The biology of lung cancer including potential clinical applications.
Chest surgery clinics of North America - 1 Nov 2000
Zöchbauer-Müller S, Minna J D
Abstract excerpt
The understanding of lung cancer pathogenesis is rapidly growing and needs to be translated into clinical practice. Molecular screening approaches will be combined with CT scans to detect premalignant lesions and early-stage cancers in high-risk groups for lung cancer and to monitor the efficacy of chemoprevention trials. New treatment approaches, such as gene therapy, monoclonal antibodies against growth factors...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Apoptosis
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Genes, Retinoblastoma
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Genes, bcl-2
- Genes, myc
- Genes, ras
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Therapy