Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death in the world and its mortality could be greatly reduced by diagnosis and treatment in its early stages. Effective tools for the early detection of lung cancer a...Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death in the world and its mortality could be greatly reduced by diagnosis and treatment in its early stages. Effective tools for the early detection of lung cancer and its high risk factors remain a major challenge. Biomarkers that detect lung cancer in its early stages or identify its pretumour lesions, enabling early therapeutic intervention, would be invaluable to improve its dismal prognosis.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Foundation for Natural Science,Bureau of Science and Technology,Shandong Province,China(No.Y2005C37).
文摘Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death in the world and its mortality could be greatly reduced by diagnosis and treatment in its early stages. Effective tools for the early detection of lung cancer and its high risk factors remain a major challenge. Biomarkers that detect lung cancer in its early stages or identify its pretumour lesions, enabling early therapeutic intervention, would be invaluable to improve its dismal prognosis.
