At present, through the combined efforts of NTUH and Veterans General Hospital, the NHRI have been able to identify over 20 genes related to lung cancer. They include CAP1A1, CAP1A2, and CAP2C19, genes having to do with drug metabolism, DNA repair enzymes, and female hormone receptors, though finding the mechanisms directly responsible for causing cancer will require further research.
目前國家衛生研究院結合台大、榮總等醫學中心，篩檢出 CAP1A1、CAP1A2、CAP2C19 等二十多個與肺癌相關的基因，這些基因和藥物代謝、DNA 修補酵素、女性賀爾蒙受體等有關，至於具體的致癌機轉尚待進一步研究。