Growth factors and other targets for rational application as intervention agents.

摘要: Lung cancer is the leading cause of deaths in American society, with a mortality rate close to 90% (1). The recalcitrance lung despite modern treatment approaches reflects frequency metastatic spread and lack effective systemic chemotherapeutic agents eliminate disseminated cancer. Because progress treating cancer, new strategies for control (prevention, early detection, intervention) are being studied. Primary prevention efforts, such as California state government’s large cigarette sales tax mandated by Proposition 99, beginning show remarkable results reducing consumption (2). Efforts improve detection also signs promise (3–5). Complementing these positive developments area intervention therapy very