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Pathologe
; 28(5): 377-83, 2007 Sep.
Article
in German
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17665199
ABSTRACT
Efficient, preferably early diagnosis of lung cancer represents a major challenge. Under this aspect the sensitivity of conventional histomorphology and cytomorphology procedures is unsatisfactory. This review highlights technical aspects, possibilities and drawbacks of the application of aberrant promoter methylation as a biomarker for lung cancer diagnostics using specimens of pulmonary exfoliative cytology.