Lung Cancer: Smoking, Genomics & Family History

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Lung Cancer: Smoking, Genomics & Family History

CDC information: What you can do to lower your lung cancer risk

CDC information: A family history of lung cancer is a risk factor for lung cancer

Did you know? 1202 genes have been reported in relation to risk and outcomes of lung cancer, including 74 genomewide association studies. To find out more, visit the HuGE Navigator

American Cancer Society- Why lung cancer strikes nonsmokers- risk factors include genetics

Recent Insights

Common genetic variants on 3q28 contribute to non-small cell lung cancer susceptibility: evidence from 10 case-control studies.
Jin YX, et al. Mol Genet Genomics. 2014 Oct 25

Small cell lung cancer: Where do we go from here?
Byers LA, et al. Cancer. 2014 Oct 21.

Association between the CYP2E1 polymorphisms and lung cancer risk: a meta-analysis.
Ye XH, et al. Mol Genet Genomics. 2014 Oct 22.

Therapeutic use of micrornas in lung cancer.
Fortunato O, et al. Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:756975. Review

Toward precision medicine with next-generation EGFR inhibitors in non-small-cell lung cancer.
Yap TA, et al. Pharmgenomics Pers Med. 2014 Sep 19;7:285-95.

The expression of four genes as a prognostic classifier for stage I Lung Adenocarcinoma in 12 independent cohorts.
Okayama H, et al. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Sep 21

Visit the Lung Cancer Public Health Genomics update page for additional information and links