Surgical Outcomes of Lung Cancer in Patients with Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with lung cancer and CPFE had poor prognoses regardless of apparently good pulmonary function and showed quite high postoperative mortality rates. A lower %VC that might reflect the severity of pulmonary fibrosis was associated with poor prognoses.
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Source: Ann Oncol - May 9, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mimae T, Suzuki K, Tsuboi M, Nagai K, Ikeda N, Mitsudomi T, Saji H, Okumura S, Okumura M, Yoshimura K, Okada M Tags: Ann Surg Oncol Source Type: research