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Article: Researchers from University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center detail new studies and findings in the area of lung cancer cell biology.
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- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- December 2, 2008
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Fresh data on lung cancer are presented in the report 'The influence of tumor necrosis factor-alpha -308 G/A and IL-6 -174 G/C on pain and analgesia response in lung cancer patients receiving supportive care.' "We previously showed that select cytokine gene polymorphisms are a significant predictor for pain reported at initial presentation in 446 white patients newly diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer. This follow-up study explores the extent to which polymorphisms in tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha-308 G/A), interleukin (IL)-6 -174G/C, and IL-8 -251T/A could explain variability in pain and analgesic response among those patients (n=140) subsequently ...
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