Research reports from University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center provide new insights into lung cancer

A report, 'Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor region on chromosome 15q25 and lung cancer risk among African Americans: a case-control study,' is newly published data in Jnci Cancer Spectrum. According to recent research from the United States, "Genome-wide association studies of white persons with lung cancer have identified a region of extensive linkage disequilibrium on chromosome 15q25.1 that appears to be associated with both risk for lung cancer and smoking dependence. Because studying African American persons, who exhibit lower levels of linkage disequilibrium in this region, may identify additional loci that are associated with lung cancer, we genotyped 34 single-nucleotide...

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