Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Comorbidity is common among cancer patients and,
with an aging population, is becoming more so. Comorbidity potentially affects the …

Background Accurate estimates of long-term mortality following tuberculosis treatment are
scarce. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the post-treatment …

Background Ever since a lung cancer epidemic emerged in the mid-1900s, the
epidemiology of lung cancer has been intensively investigated to characterize its causes …

The history of lung cancer epidemiology parallels the history of modern chronic disease
epidemiology. Although an excess of lung cancer was firstly observed among miners and …

Lung cancer continues to be one of the most common causes of cancer death despite
understanding the major cause of the disease: cigarette smoking. Smoking increases lung …

In 1889, Dr. Stephen Paget proposed the “seed and soil” hypothesis, which states that
cancer cells (the seeds) need the proper microenvironment (the soil) for them to grow …

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a known risk factor for lung cancer. However, a detailed
analysis of lung cancer type, age, sex, smoking, and TB burden associated with geographic …

Tuberculosis is probably the most seasoned illness of the humanity. Intricacies or
subsequent death emerging from these infections are frequently connected with cytokine …

Lung cancer represents a major public health issue worldwide. Unfortunately, more than half
of them are diagnosed at an advanced stage. Moreover, even if diagnosed early, diagnosis …

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 …