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- Title
C-reactive protein and risk of lung cancer.
- Authors
Chaturvedi, Anil K; Caporaso, Neil E; Katki, Hormuzd A; Wong, Hui-Lee; Chatterjee, Nilanjan; Pine, Sharon R; Chanock, Stephen J; Goedert, James J; Engels, Eric A
- Abstract
Chronic inflammation could play a role in lung carcinogenesis, underscoring the potential for lung cancer prevention and screening. We investigated the association of circulating high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP, an inflammation biomarker) and CRP single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with prospective lung cancer risk.
- Publication
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2010, Vol 28, Issue 16, p2719
- ISSN
1527-7755
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1200/JCO.2009.27.0454