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Lung Cancer Test Could Be Medical Breakthrough

April 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off

A simple mouth swabbing could tell medical professionals whether a patient (who is a smoker) is developing lung cancer. It may also tell us if a patient is more prone to get other smoking and tobacco-related cancers, like pancreatic, bladder, head, or neck cancer. The swab test is used to review two genes – p16 [...]

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