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Gene methylation biomarkers in sputum as a classifier for lung cancer risk
CT screening for lung cancer reduces mortality, but will cost Medicare ∼2 billion dollars due in part to high false positive rates. Molecular biomarkers could augment current risk stratification used to select smokers for screening. Gene methylation in sputum reflects lung field cancerization that r...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Impact Journals LLC
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5609978/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28969046 http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.19255 |