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Analysis of microsatellite mutations in buccal cells from a case-control study for lung cancer.
Cancer epidemiology - 1 Feb 2012
Baumann Jessica L, Li Ming, Poulsen Aslak, Chadwick Nicholson S, Cai Qiuyin, Chung Christine H, Shyr Yu, Olsen Jørgen H, Zheng Wei, Slebos Robbert J C
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Exposure to tobacco carcinogens is the major cause of human lung cancer, but even heavy smokers have only about a 10% life-time risk of developing lung cancer. Currently used screening processes, based largely on age and exposure status, have proven to be of limited clinical utility in predicting cancer risk. More precise methods of assessing an individual's risk of developing lung cancer are needed. Because of...
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