The field of tissue injury in the lung and airway.
The field of tissue injury in the lung and airway.
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DOI:
10.1158/1940-6207.capr-08-0174
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发表时间:
2008-11
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Spira A
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作者:
Steiling K;Ryan J;Brody JS;Spira A
The concept of field cancerization was first introduced over six decades ago in the setting of oral cancer. Later, field cancerization involving histologic and molecular changes of neoplasms and adjacent tissue began to be characterized in smokers with or without lung cancer. Investigators also described a diffuse, non-neoplastic field of molecular injury throughout the respiratory tract that is attributable to cigarette smoking and susceptibility to smoking-induced lung disease. The potential molecular origins of field cancerization and the field of injury following cigarette smoke exposure in lung and airway epithelia are critical to understanding the impact of the field of injury on clinical diagnostics and therapeutics for smoking-induced lung disease.