Epidemiology of lung cancer

KC Thandra, A Barsouk, K Saginala, JS Aluru… - Contemporary …, 2021 - termedia.pl
Lung cancer is the leading cause of global cancer incidence and mortality, accounting for an
estimated 2 million diagnoses and 1.8 million deaths. Neoplasms of the lungs are the …

[HTML][HTML] The epidemiology of lung cancer

PM de Groot, CC Wu, BW Carter… - … lung cancer research, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The incidence and mortality from lung cancer is decreasing in the US due to decades of
public education and tobacco control policies, but are increasing elsewhere in the world …

Cross-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis of 61,047 cases and 947,237 controls identifies new susceptibility loci contributing to lung cancer

J Byun, Y Han, Y Li, J Xia, E Long, J Choi, X Xiao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
To identify new susceptibility loci to lung cancer among diverse populations, we performed
cross-ancestry genome-wide association studies in European, East Asian and African …

Genome-wide association studies identify 137 genetic loci for DNA methylation biomarkers of aging

DL McCartney, JL Min, RC Richmond, AT Lu… - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Biological aging estimators derived from DNA methylation data are heritable
and correlate with morbidity and mortality. Consequently, identification of genetic and …

Risk factors for lung cancer worldwide

J Malhotra, M Malvezzi, E Negri… - European …, 2016 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Lung cancer is the most frequent malignant neoplasm in most countries, and the main
cancer-related cause of mortality worldwide in both sexes combined. The geographic and …

Large-scale association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci and heterogeneity in genetic susceptibility across histological subtypes

JD McKay, RJ Hung, Y Han, X Zong… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Although several lung cancer susceptibility loci have been identified, much of the heritability
for lung cancer remains unexplained. Here 14,803 cases and 12,262 controls of European …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide modeling of polygenic risk score in colorectal cancer risk

M Thomas, LC Sakoda, M Hoffmeister… - The American journal of …, 2020 - cell.com
Accurate colorectal cancer (CRC) risk prediction models are critical for identifying
individuals at low and high risk of developing CRC, as they can then be offered targeted …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer: mechanisms and molecular targets

B Ballester, J Milara, J Cortijo - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common idiopathic interstitial pulmonary
disease with a median survival of 2–4 years after diagnosis. A significant number of IPF …

Genetic variability in the regulation of gene expression in ten regions of the human brain

A Ramasamy, D Trabzuni, S Guelfi, V Varghese… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Germ-line genetic control of gene expression occurs via expression quantitative trait loci
(eQTLs). We present a large, exon-specific eQTL data set covering ten human brain regions …

Determining risk of colorectal cancer and starting age of screening based on lifestyle, environmental, and genetic factors

J Jeon, M Du, RE Schoen, M Hoffmeister, PA Newcomb… - Gastroenterology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Guidelines for initiating colorectal cancer (CRC) screening are based
on family history but do not consider lifestyle, environmental, or genetic risk factors. We …