Detect Lung Cancer With a Mouth Swab Maybe
A study by professor Li Mao of the Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre Houston has suggested that perhaps one day a test for lung cancer may be as simple as taking a swab of the mouth.
It seems that 90% of the time damage in the mouth’s molecular tissue structure caused by tobacco is similar to damage of the lung tissue. 1,774 samples were taken from 127 smokers for analysis.
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