Epigenetic modification by galactic cosmic radiation as a risk factor for lung cancer: real world data issues

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Syeda Mahrukh Hussnain Naqvi et al. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2019 Apr.

. 2019 Apr;8(2):116-118.

doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2019.01.01.

¹ Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Galactic Cosmic Radiation Induces Persistent Epigenome Alterations Relevant to Human Lung Cancer.
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