Biomarkers for screening of lung cancer and pre-neoplastic lesions in a high risk Chilean population

BACKGROUND: The mortality of lung cancer (LC), increases each year in the world, in spite of any advances, in development of new drugs to advance stages of LC. The high incidence of LC has been associated with smoking habit, genetic diversity and environmental pollution. Antofagasta region has been...

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Main Authors: Marta I Adonis, Jose Díaz, Veronica R Miranda, Marco Chahuan, Alcides Zambrano, Hugo C Benitez, Monica Campos, Pablo Avaria, Ulises Urzúa, Pedro Marín, Mariela Gohurdett, Yasna Cisterna, Lionel Gil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-01-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602014000100056&lng=en&tlng=en