Molecular profile of lung cancer in never smokers

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Tobacco smoking is the most common cause of lung cancer, but approximately 10-25% of patients with lung cancer are life-long never smokers. The cause of lung cancer in never smokers is unknown, although tobacco-smoke exposure may play a role in some of these patients. Lung cancer that develops in the absence of significant tobacco-smoke exposure appears to be a unique disease entity with novel genomic and...

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