Cancer development in patients with COPD: a retrospective analysis of the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort in Korea.

Song Vogue AhnEunyoung LeeBumhee ParkJin Hee JungJi Eun ParkSeung Soo SheenKwang Joo ParkSung Chul HwangJae Bum ParkHae-Sim ParkJoo Hun Park

Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2020)

Our data suggested that COPD was an independent risk factor for the development of lung cancer, and colorectal cancer and liver cancer among other major cancers in the Korean population, regardless of smoking status.

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