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Mitochondrial DNA mutations in exhaled breath condensate of patients with lung cancer.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Jun 2013
Yang Ai Sylvia Si, Hsu Kenneth, Herbert Cristan, Cheng Zujian, Hunt John, Lewis Craig R, Thomas Paul S
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INTRODUCTION: Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Non-invasively collected biofluids such as exhaled breath condensate (EBC) present a potential sampling medium to detect and study pathological changes implicated in tumourigenesis. Mitochondrial DNA changes have been implicated in the carcinogenesis process. Consequently, the detection of mitochondrial changes in EBC could expand our...
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