Cheek Cells Used to Identify Lung Cancer.

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Simple Lung Cancer Test May Be Used in Dentist Offices

MONTREAL, Quebec, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- A novel test for lung cancer uses inner cheek cells to identify the disease in high-risk patients. In a new study presented at CHEST 2005, the 71st annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), scientists found that buccal mucosa, or cells scraped from the inner part of the cheek, may contain information that separates patients with lung cancer from high-risk negatives, a finding that may support cheek cell analysis as a simple and inexpensive early screening method for patients at risk...

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