Molecular Pathogenesis of Lung Cancer

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Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in the United States, killing more than 156,000 people every year. In the past two decades, significant progress has been made in understanding the molecular and cellular pathogenesis of lung cancer. Abnormalities of proto-oncogenes, genetic and epigenetic changes of tumor suppressor genes, the role of angiogenesis in the multistage development of lung cancer,...