The Role of DNA Methylation in the Development and Progression of Lung Adenocarcinoma

Lung cancer, caused by smoking in ∼87% of cases, is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and Western Europe. Adenocarcinoma is now the most common type of lung cancer in men and women in the United States, and the histological subtype most frequently seen in never-smokers and forme...

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Main Authors: Keith M. Kerr, Janice S. Galler, Jeffrey A. Hagen, Peter W. Laird, Ite A. Laird-Offringa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2007-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/985474