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Title: Molecular biomarkers in non-small cell lung cancer: pointing the way to better outcomes from treatment (editorial)
Author/Creator: Ackland, Stephen
Institution: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health, School of Health Science
Description: Lung cancer is one of the most common malignancies in the world. In Australia, lung cancer accounts for 8500 new cases pa, the fifth most common cancer. In addition it is seldom ever cured, with the vast majority of patients succumbing from their disease, accounting for 7000 deaths pa in Australia, the commonest cause of cancer death. In developed countries like Australia, trends in smoking habits are leading to decreasing incidence but it still has a substantial health impact. On the contrary lung cancer has a sharply increasing incidence in developing countries, where it is destined to become a major health problem, including in many Asia Pacific region countries. Most cases of lung cancer are classified as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Relation: Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology Vol. 5, Issue 4, p. 213-214
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-7563.2009.01260.x
Date: 2009
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Keyword(s): molecular biomarkers; non small cell lung cancers; treatments; lung cancers
Resource Type: journal article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/916152
Identifier: ISSN:1743-7555

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