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- Title
Lung cancer risk following detection of pulmonary scarring by chest radiography in the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial.
- Authors
Yu, Ying-Ying; Pinsky, Paul F; Caporaso, Neil E; Chatterjee, Nilanjan; Baumgarten, Mona; Langenberg, Patricia; Furuno, Jon P; Lan, Qing; Engels, Eric A
- Abstract
Fibrotic scars are frequently found in proximity to lung cancer at the time of cancer diagnosis. However, the nature of the relationship between pulmonary scarring and lung cancer remains uncertain. Our objective was to test whether localized pulmonary scarring is associated with increased lung cancer risk.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2008, Vol 168, Issue 21, p2326
- ISSN
1538-3679
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinte.168.21.2326