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Genetic susceptibility to lung cancer--light at the end of the tunnel?
Carcinogenesis - 1 Mar 2013
Marshall Ariela L, Christiani David C
Abstract excerpt
Lung cancer is one of the most common and deadliest cancers in the world. The major socio-environmental risk factor involved in the development of lung cancer is cigarette smoking. Additionally, there are multiple genetic factors, which may also play a role in lung cancer risk. Early work focused on the presence of relatively prevalent but low-penetrance alterations in candidate genes leading to increased risk of...
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