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Primary lung tumors in mice as an aid for understanding, preventing, and treating human adenocarcinoma of the lung.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jun 2001
Malkinson A M
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Primary lung tumors in mice have morphologic, histogenic, and molecular features similar to human lung adenocarcinoma, and in particular, the bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma subtype. Because of this, and because of the genetic homology between man and mouse and the ease of genetic manipulations in mice, this model system is receiving intense research attention. This review is intended to be informative to clinical...
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