Feasibility of using an epigenetic marker of risk for lung cancer, methylation of p16, to promote smoking cessation among US veterans
Shofer S, Beyea M, Li S, Bastian LA, Wahidi MM, Kelley M, Lipkus IM. Feasibility of using an epigenetic marker of risk for lung cancer, methylation of p16, to promote smoking cessation among US veterans. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2014, 1: e000032. PMID: 25478181, PMCID: PMC4212704, DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2014-000032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLung cancer riskLung cancerSmoking cessationCancer riskMethylated p16Time of enrollmentAcceptance of testingCent of participantsAirway obstructionActive smokersCurrent smokersCessation assistanceTobacco exposureCessation ratesUS veteransEpigenetic markersSmokersMethylation of p16P16 methylationCancerP16SmokingEducational materialsRiskEducational presentations