Abnormal Cells in Blood Tied to Lung Cancer: Circulating Aberrant Cells Increase as Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Progresses, University of Texas Health Science Center Study

EurekAlert! -- HOUSTON -- A novel approach detects genetically abnormal cells in the blood of non-small cell lung cancer patients that match abnormalities found in tumor cells and increase in number with the severity of the disease, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report in the journal Clinical Cancer Research.

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