The Molecular Genetics of Lung Cancer

• Main Author: Cooper, David N. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Human genetics.; Oncology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Human Genetics.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in Western countries. It also provides an archetypal example of how inherited predisposing genetic variants may interact with an environmental influence (smoking) to modulate individual cancer risk. The Molecular Genetics of Lung Cancer describes...

Table of Contents:

• An Introduction to the Molecular Basis of Cancer
• Lung Cancer: Setting the Scene
• Genes Involved in Sporadic Forms of Lung Cancer
• Somatic Mutation in Lung Cancer
• Genetic Approaches to Studying the Association Between Smoking and Lung Cancer
• Evidence for Genetic Susceptibility to Lung Cancer Derived from Polymorphism-disease Association Studies
• Gene Expression Studies in Lung Cancer
• Lung Cancer Pathogenesis and Future Prospects for Treatment and Prevention.