Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2000; Volume 021(Number 05): 463-472
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-9455
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New Gene and Cell-Based Therapies for Lung Cancer

Raj K. Batra1 , Sherven Sharma2 , Steven M. Dubinett3
  • 1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, GLA-VAHCS, UCLA School of Medicine and Member, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • 2Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine
  • 3UCLA/Wadsworth Pulmonary Immunology Laboratory, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, GLA-VAHCS, UCLA School of Medicine and Member, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California
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Publication Date:
31 December 2000 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in men and women in the United States, in part, because of the poor treatment options available. New treatment strategies that specifically target discreet steps in the molecular and cellular pathogenesis of this disease are under development. This review highlights many of the basic defects that result in the cellular transformation and subsequent progression of lung cancer, and how the understanding of those fundamental defects lead to the formulation of rational gene-based or cell-based therapies.

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