THE NATION; Genetic link to lung cancer found; The discovery may help to explain why some smokers don't develop the disease, researchers say.

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THE NATION; Genetic link to lung cancer found; The discovery may help to explain why some smokers don't develop the disease, researchers say.



Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles, Calif.
Subjects:	Genetic research, Smoking, Lung cancer, Genetic markers
Author:	Denise Gellene
Date:	Apr 3, 2008
Start Page:	A.12
Section:	Main News; Part A; National Desk
Text Word Count:	691



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Christopher Amos of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, lead author of another study, looked at a larger group of nonsmokers and found no increased risk of lung cancer in those with a variant. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission.



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