Medscape

COPD Surfaces During Lung Cancer Screening

Leveraging lung cancer screening can improve chronic obstructive pulmonary disease detection and intervention in underserved populations.
Science Daily

Unusual carbon build-up found in lungs of COPD patients

Scientists have discovered that people with COPD have lung cells that contain over three times as much soot-like carbon as those of smokers without the disease. These overloaded cells are larger and ...
Healio

Lung cancer screening in patients with COPD ‘is complex’

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is uncertainty surrounding the link between COPD and lung cancer. Selecting patients who should undergo ...
The Washington Post

People with COPD had more carbon in their lungs than smokers in study

The lung tissue of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease contains triple the sootlike particle buildup found in similar tissue in smokers’ lungs, a recent analysis finds. The study found ...
Medscape

Lung Sparing Surgery Is Possible for Patients With COPD

Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are already compromised, so the prospect of removing all or part of a lung is especially daunting for these patients if they are also ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Accelerated Aging Associated With COPD, Impaired Lung Function

High levels of phenotypic age acceleration (PhenoAgeAccel) were found to have a more significant effect on lung function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), older patients, ...
CNN

This lung disease can be dangerous for younger people, too

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide, responsible for 3.5 million deaths in 2021, according to the World Health Organization. It’s a common ...