Quantitative severity of emphysema is related to the prognostic outcome of early-stage lung cancer.

Yoshiyuki Yasuura Yukihiro TeradaKiyomichi MizunoHiroyuki KayataKonno HayatoHideaki KojimaTetsuya MizunoMitsuhiro IsakaYasuhisa Ohde

Published in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)

The quantitative severity of pulmonary emphysema was found to be associated with poor prognosis and clinicopathological aggression in early non-small-cell lung cancer.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
early stage
long non coding rna
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
high resolution
pulmonary fibrosis
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
pulmonary hypertension
squamous cell carcinoma
lymph node
locally advanced