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Oral mucosa and lung cancer: Are genetic changes in the oral epithelium associated with lung cancer?
Nigerian journal of clinical practice - 1 Jan 2017
Kömerik N, Yüce E, Calapoğlu N S, Koşar P A, Çakir M, Koparan G
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AIM: To compare genetic aberrations in the oral epithelium of lung cancer patients with those without cancer. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Buccal smears were performed to collect oral epithelium from each of the participants (smoker cancer patients n = 50, smoker control subjects n = 40, and nonsmoker control subjects n = 25). Cytogenetic changes in the samples were detected by micronuclei assay, whereas p53 and murine...
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