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The new study focuses on lung adenocarcinoma, a cancer that forms in alveolar epithelial cells and accounts for about a third of all lung cancers in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most patients are cured if tumors are surgically removed early in the disease’s progression, but residual cancer cells regrow in about 30% of cases and can lead to death. Consequently, experts have long searched for biomarkers, or predictors of recurrence, which might prompt more aggressive initial treatment., The new study focuses on lung adenocarcinoma, a cancer that forms in alveolar epithelial cells and accounts for about a third of all lung cancers in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most patients are cured if tumors are surgically removed early in the disease’s progression, but residual cancer cells regrow in about 30% of cases and can lead to death. Consequently, experts have long searched for biomarkers, or predictors of recurrence, which might prompt more aggressive initial treatment., , Read More

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