Molecular Profiles for Lung Cancer Pathogenesis and Detection in US Veterans

Abstract

Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer-related death in both men and women in the United States. The majority of lung cancers are non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) that include squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) and adenocarcinomas Lung cancer mortality is high in part because most cancers are diagnosed after regional or distant spread of the disease had already occurred and due to the lack of reliable biomarkers for early detection and risk assessment. The identification of new effective early biomarkers will improve clinical management of lung cancer and is linked to better understanding of the molecular events associated with the development and progression of the disease.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA574254

Entities

People

  • Pierre P. Massion

Organizations

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Cancer
  • Cells
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Epithelial Cells
  • Epithelium
  • Gene Expression
  • Health Services
  • Lung Cancer
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • Rna Sequence Analysis
  • Stem Cells

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Oncology
  • Oncology and Biomarker-Based Cancer Detection.