Browsing by Subject "Lung cancer"

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    • Analysis of aberrant methylation on promoter sequences of tumor suppressor genes and total DNA in sputum ... 
      Guzmán, Leda; Depix, María S.; Salinas, Ana M.; Roldán, Rosa; Aguayo, Francisco; Silva, Alejandra; Vinet, Raul (2012)
      Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disorder associated to cigarette smoke and lung cancer (LC). Since epigenetic changes in oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) are clearly important in ...
    • Association between P53 codon 72 genetic polymorphism and tobacco use and lung cancer risk 
      Cáceres Lillo, Dante; Quiñones Sepúlveda, Luis; Schroeder, Jane C.; Gil, Leonel D.; Irarrázabal, Carlos C. (Springer Science, 2009)
      Lung cancer (LCa) is the leading cause of death by cancer in men. Genetic and environmental factors play a synergistic role in its etiology. We explore in 111 lung cancer cases and 133 unrelated noncancer controls the ...
    • Association between p53 codon 72 genetic polymorphism and tobacco use and lung cancer risk 
      Cáceres, Dante D.; Quiñones, Luis A.; Schroeder, Jane C.; Gil, Leonel D.; Irarrázabal, Carlos E. (2009)
      Lung cancer (LCa) is the leading cause of death by cancer in men. Genetic and environmental factors play a synergistic role in its etiology. We explore in 111 lung cancer cases and 133 unrelated noncancer controls the ...
    • Biomarkers for screening of lung cancer and pre-neoplastic lesions in a high risk Chilean population 
      Adonis Parraguez, Marta; Díaz, Jose; Miranda, Veronica R.; Chahuan, Marco; Zambrano, Alcides; Benitez, Hugo C.; Campos, Monica; Avaria, Pablo; Urzúa, Ulises; Marín, Pedro; Gohurdett, Mariela; Cisterna, Yasna; Gil, Lionel (socbiol@huelen.reuna.cl, 2014)
      © 2014 Adonis et al. Background: The mortality of lung cancer (LC), increases each year in the world, in spite of any advances, in development of new drugs to advance stages of LC. The high incidence of LC has been associated ...
    • Characteristics and outcome of patients with newly diagnosed advanced or metastatic lung cancer admitted ... 
      Barth, C.; Soares, M.; Toffart, A. C.; Timsit, J. F.; Burghi, G.; Irrazaba, C.; Pattison, N.; Tobar, E.; Almeida, B. F.; Silva, U. V.; Azevedo, L. C.; Rabbat, A.; Lamer, C.; Parrot, A.; Souza Dantas, V. C.; Wallet, F.; Blot, F.; Bourdin, G.; Piras, C.; Delemazure, J.; Durand, M.; Salluh, J.; Azoulay, E.; Lemiale, Virginie (Springer, 2018-08-04)
      Background: Although patients with advanced or metastatic lung cancer have poor prognosis, admission to the ICU for management of life-threatening complications has increased over the years. Patients with newly diagnosed ...
    • Obesity and excess weight in early adulthood and high risks of arsenic-related cancer in later life 
      Steinmaus, Craig; Castriota, Felicia; Ferreccio, Catterina; Smith, Allan H.; Yuan, Yan; Liaw, Jane; Acevedo, Johanna; Pérez, Liliana; Meza, Rodrigo; Calcagno, Sergio; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Smith, Martyn T. (Elsevier, 2015)
      Background: Elevated body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and other diseases. Inflammation or oxidative stress induced by high BMI may explain some of these effects. Millions ...