Smoking exposure, loss of forced expiratory volume in one second and the risk of lung cancer among patients with malignant disease who present with cardiac or pulmonary symptoms: a cross-sectional study

Introduction Smokers with airway obstruction are at a higher risk of lung cancer than smokers without airway obstruction. Inflammation plays a key role in lung carcinogenesis. This single-center study prospectively assessed (i) the relationship between smoking exposure and the loss of forced expirat...

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Main Authors: Siegfried Wieshammer, Jens Dreyhaupt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2017-03-01
Series:Tobacco Induced Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/Smoking-exposure-loss-of-forced-expiratory-volume-in-one-second-and-the-risk-of-lung-cancer-among-patients-with-malignant-disease-who-present-with-cardiac-or-pulmonary-symptoms-a-cross-sectional-study,69732,0,2.html