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A population-based analysis of spirometry use and the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in lung cancer

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer are associated diseases. COPD is underdiagnosed and thus undertreated, but there is limited data on COPD diagnosis in the setting of lung cancer. We assessed the diagnosis of COPD with lung cancer in a large public healthcare s...

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Autores principales: Corriveau, Sophie, Pond, Gregory R., Tang, Grace H., Goffin, John R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7786933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33402114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-020-07719-y