MicroRNAs and lung cancers: From pathogenesis to clinical implications

Frontiers of Medicine in China

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-155

  Qi, Ji ^a   Mu, David ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

lung biology; lung cancer; microRNA

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MICRORNA; TUMOR MARKER;

GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICRORNAS; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863429647     PISSN: 16737342     EISSN: 16737458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11684-012-0188-4     Document Type: Review

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