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SUBMITTER: Houghton AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6322005 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of the American Thoracic Society 20181201 Suppl 4
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer are linked diseases, with both the incidence of and risk of death from non-small cell lung cancer being increased by the presence of COPD. Despite numerous well-performed epidemiological studies having described this link over the past 30 years, the operative mechanisms remain elusive. One of the major obstacles to advancement in the field has been the lack of patient cohorts that have been phenotyped for both COPD and lung cancer. Thi ...[more]