Precancer markers identified in airway epithelium cells of healthy smokers

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 05:30 in Health & Medicine

Smoking may be associated with the development of molecular features of cancer in the large airway epithelium. In the small airway epithelium, molecular cancerization is associated with development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to recent data.

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