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Human papillomavirus is not associated to non-small cell lung cancer: data from...
Silva, Estela Maria; Mariano, Vânia Sammartino; Pastrez, Paula Roberta Aguiar; Pinto, Miguel Cordoba; Nunes, Emily Montosa; Sichero, LauraBackground: The pathogenesis of lung cancer is triggered by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, being the tobacco smoke the most important risk factor. Nevertheless, the incidence of lung cancer in non-smokers is gradually increasing, which demands the search for different other etiological factors such as occupational exposure, previous lung disease, diet among others. In the early 80's a theor...
High systemic IL-6 is associated with worse prognosis in patients with non-smal...
Silva, Estela Maria; Mariano, Vânia Sammartino; Pastrez, Paula Roberta Aguiar; Pinto, Miguel Cordoba; Castro, António G.; Syrjanen, Kari JuhaniCharacteristic cytokine patterns have been described in different cancer patients and they are related to their diagnosis, prognosis, prediction of treatment responses and survival. A panel of cytokines was evaluated in the plasma of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and healthy controls to investigate their profile and relationship with clinical characteristics and overall survival. The case-controll...