Predicting the future for people with lung cancer

Nat Med. 2008 Aug;14(8):812-3. doi: 10.1038/nm0808-812.

Abstract

A large multicenter study shows that lung adenocarcinomas have messenger RNA expression signatures that greatly add to the use of clinical data in predicting an individual’s survival (pages 822–827).

Publication types

  • Comment
  • News

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / genetics*
  • Adenocarcinoma / metabolism*
  • Biomarkers
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Lung Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Medical Oncology / methods*
  • Medical Oncology / trends
  • MicroRNAs / metabolism
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Prognosis
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • MicroRNAs
  • RNA, Messenger