Individuals at high risk for lung cancer have airway epithelial cells with chromosome aberrations frequently found in lung tumor cells

In Vivo

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-26

  Lechner, John F ^a,e   Neft, Robin E ^a   Gilliland, Frank D ^b   Crowell, Richard E ^b,c   Auckley, Dennis H ^b,c   Temes, R Thomas ^d   Belinsky, Steven A ^a  

^a LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c VA Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberrations; Field cancerization; Lung cancer risk; Tobacco smokers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SMOKING; TRISOMY; URANIUM MINE;

EID: 0031967298     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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