Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3992948 | Journal of Thoracic Oncology | 2006 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Sputum cytologic atypia is not predictive of death from COPD. As sputum cytologic grades of moderate or worse atypia are associated with a significant increase in the risk for lung cancer and do not denote a group with increased competing death rates from COPD, patients with sputum atypia are a good high risk group in whom chemoprevention and early detection studies can be conducted.
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York E. MD, Kieu O. MS, Tim C. MD, Fred R. MD, PhD, Thomas L. MD, Paul A. MD, Robert L. MD, Wilbur A. MD, Holly J. PhD, Sheila MD, Tim MD,