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Germline mutations in young non-smoking women with lung adenocarcinoma.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Aug 2018
Donner Iikki, Katainen Riku, Sipilä Lauri J, Aavikko Mervi, Pukkala Eero, Aaltonen Lauri A
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OBJECTIVES: Although the primary cause of lung cancer is smoking, a considerable proportion of all lung cancers occur in never smokers. Gender influences the risk and characteristics of lung cancer and women are overrepresented among never smokers with the disease. Young age at onset and lack of established environmental risk factors suggest genetic predisposition. In this study, we used population-based sampling...
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