Article
[COPD and lung cancer: epidemiological and biological links].
Revue des maladies respiratoires - 1 Apr 2012
Prevot G, Plat G, Mazieres J
Abstract excerpt
Lung cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) are two common fatal diseases. Apart from their common link to tobacco, these two diseases are usually considered to be the result of separate distinct mechanisms. In the past 15 years, numerous studies have produced arguments in favour of a relationship between these two pathologies that goes beyond a simple addition of risk factors. At the epidemiological...
Topics
- Carcinoma, Bronchogenic
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Inflammation
- Lung Neoplasms
- Models, Biological
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Smoking
- Stress, Mechanical
