Large-scale genetic study sheds new light on lung cancer

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 12:28 in Biology & Nature

A multi-institution team, funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today reported results of the largest effort to date to chart the genetic changes involved in the most common form of lung cancer, lung adenocarcinoma. The findings should help pave the way for more individualised approaches for detecting and treating the nation's leading cause of cancer deaths...

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