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Post-inhaled corticosteroid pulmonary tuberculosis and pneumonia increases lung cancer in patients with COPD

BACKGROUND: Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) have been associated with decreased lung cancer risk. However, they have been associated with pulmonary infections (tuberculosis [TB] and pneumonia) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). TB and pneumonia have increased lung cancer ri...

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Autores principales: Wu, Ming-Fang, Jian, Zhi-Hong, Huang, Jing-Yang, Jan, Cheng-Feng, Nfor, Oswald Ndi, Jhang, Kai-Ming, Ku, Wen-Yuan, Ho, Chien-Chang, Lung, Chia-Chi, Pan, Hui-Hsien, Wu, Min-Chen, Liaw, Yung-Po
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5057453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27724847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-016-2838-4