Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease prevalence and prediction in a high-risk lung cancer screening population

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease prevalence and prediction in a high-risk lung cancer screening population

Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an underdiagnosed condition sharing risk factors with lung cancer. Lung cancer screening may provide an opportunity to improve COPD diagnosis. Using Pan-Canadian Early Detection of Lung Cancer (PanCan) study data, the present study...

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Main Authors: John R. Goffin, Gregory R. Pond, Serge Puksa, Alain Tremblay, Michael Johnston, Glen Goss, Garth Nicholas, Simon Martel, Rick Bhatia, Geoffrey Liu, Heidi Schmidt, Sukhinder Atkar-Khattra, Annette McWilliams, Ming-Sound Tsao, Martin C. Tammemagi, Stephen Lam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Lung cancer
Screening
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Spirometry
CT scan
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-020-01344-y

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