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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer study findings have been reported by M. Tsuchiya and colleagues
November 5th, 2007
" Previous studies have shown the sex differences in lung cancer and the associations between estrogen-related genes and non-small cell lung cancer. In the present study, we assumed the existence of shared candidate genes that are common in lung and breast cancers, and examined whether women with a family history of breast cancer are at increased risk of lung cancer compared with men, especially adenocarcinoma, in a case-only study," researchers in Tokyo, Japan report. "This case-only study was conducted based on the Lung Cancer Database Project at the National Cancer Center Hospital East. A total of 1566 patients with newly diagnosed primary lung cancer were...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2007-11-05)
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