Browsing Clinical Medicine (Theses and Dissertations) by Subject "Oncology, M.D."
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The epidermal growth factor (EGFR) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) : biomarker and therapeutic target
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2010)Extract from Introduction: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in industrialized nations (Parkin, Bray et al. 2005). With approximately 1.35 million people diagnosed with the disease worldwide each year, and ... -
The role of inflammatory mediators and hypoxia in lung carcinogenesis
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2009)Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer related death in Ireland. While treatment options and long term survival have increased for other cancer types, lung cancer lags behind in both areas, with 5 year survival ...