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Targeting lung cancer screening to individuals at greatest risk: the role of genetic factors.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 2021
Lebrett Mikey B, Crosbie Emma J, Smith Miriam J, Woodward Emma R, Evans D Gareth, Crosbie Philip A J
Abstract excerpt
Lung cancer (LC) is the most common global cancer. An individual's risk of developing LC is mediated by an array of factors, including family history of the disease. Considerable research into genetic risk factors for LC has taken place in recent years, with both low-penetrance and high-penetrance variants implicated in increasing or decreasing a person's risk of the disease. LC is the leading cause of cancer...
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