Clinical features of lung cancer in smokers with light and mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a retrospective analysis of Japanese surgical cases
Author(s) -
Ryoichi Kondo,
Kazuo Yoshida,
Takashi Eguchi,
Nobutaka Kobayashi,
Gaku Saito,
Kazutoshi Hamanaka,
Takayuki Shiina,
Makoto Kurai
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.03.017
Subject(s) - copd , medicine , lung cancer , pulmonary disease , retrospective cohort study , cohort , lung , obstructive lung disease , disease , risk factor , cancer , cohort study , pathology , oncology
We estimated the influence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) upon the clinicopathological characteristics of lung cancer (LC) in Japanese surgical cases by comparing LC cases in non-COPD smokers.
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