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Adenocarcinoma
New adenocarcinoma research reported from N. Nose and co-authors
March 3rd, 2009
According to recent research from Kitakyushu, Japan, " Adenocarcinoma of the lung unrelated to a smoking habit occurs more frequently in women than men, thus suggesting an association between female hormones and development of these tumors. The aim of this study was to elucidate the correlation between expression of estrogen receptor (ER) and clinicopathologic factors, including a mutation in the tyrosine kinase domain of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and prognosis in adenocarcinoma of the lung." "Patients and Methods This study evaluated 447 resected primary lung adenocarcinoma specimens. The expression of ER alpha and ER beta was evaluated with an...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-03-03)
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