“…Recently, genetic studies, in particular genome-wide association studies (GWAS), have led to the discovery of several chromosomal regions that contain genes associated with lung cancer risk, including those encoding p53, BRCA1, and serine/threonine kinase (Reguart et al, 2008;Sreeja et al, 2008;Strazisar et al, 2009). In addition, 5p15.33 was recently identified as a susceptibility region for lung cancer, where the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and cleft lip and palate transmembrane 1-like (CLPTM1L) genes are located (Kang et al, 2008;McKay et al, 2008;Wang et al, 2008;Jin et al, 2009;Rafnar et al, 2009;Zienolddiny et al, 2009;Hsiung et al, 2010).…”