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- Title
The relationship between previous pulmonary tuberculosis and risk of lung cancer in the future.
- Authors
Qin, Yongwei; Chen, Yujie; Chen, Jinliang; Xu, Kuang; Xu, Feifan; Shi, Jiahai
- Abstract
Various investigations have expanded the views that tuberculosis is an important risk factor for lung cancer occurrence. Lung cancer originates from chronic inflammation and infection. It is becoming clearer that Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) in tuberculosis patients meticulously schemes multiple mechanisms to induce tumor formation and is indispensable to participate in the occurrence of lung cancer. In addition, some additional factors such as age, sex and smoking, accelerate the development of lung cancer after Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. The clarification of these insights is fostering new diagnoses and therapeutic approaches to prevention of the patients developing from tuberculosis into lung cancer.
- Subjects
TUBERCULOSIS complications; CYTOKINES; C-reactive protein; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; NONSTEROIDAL anti-inflammatory agents; LUNG tumors; HEALTH status indicators; RISK assessment; DNA damage; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Infectious Agents & Cancer, 2022, Vol 17, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1750-9378
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13027-022-00434-2