The association of lung cancer with pulmonary fibrosis

Niranjan Jeganathan; Derrick Cleland; Matheni Sathananthan

doi:10.1183/23120541.00505-2021

The association of lung cancer with pulmonary fibrosis

ERJ Open Res. 2022 Jan 10;8(1):00505-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00505-2021. eCollection 2022 Jan.

Authors

Niranjan Jeganathan¹, Derrick Cleland², Matheni Sathananthan²

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Hyperbaric, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, USA.
² Dept of Medicine, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, USA.

Abstract

In this study using a large database of US decedents, the overall presence of lung cancer was lower in those with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis compared to those without idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis https://bit.ly/30d6dC4.