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Lung cancer: genetics of risk and advances in chemoprevention.
Current opinion in pulmonary medicine - 1 Jul 2005
Keith Robert L, Miller York E
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The current article reviews recent advances in genetic susceptibility and chemoprevention of lung cancer. RECENT FINDINGS: Linkage analysis has identified a locus on chromosome 6q23-25 that determines susceptibility to lung cancer in families with multiple members with cancer of the lung, throat, and larynx. Obligate gene carriers are sensitive to even small tobacco smoke exposure in terms of...
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