Lung cancer resection in patients with underlying usual interstitial pneumonia: a meta-analysis

Objective Patients with lung cancer with underlying idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern on CT represent a very high-risk group in terms of postoperative UIP acute exacerbations (AEs) and in-hospital mortality. We sought to investigate the outcomes in these pa...

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Main Authors: Babu Naidu, Hazem Fallouh, Maninder Kalkat, Gareth I Walters, Vanessa Rogers, Akshay Jatin Patel, Steven Watkins, Ehab S Bishay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-07-01
Series:BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Online Access:https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/10/1/e001529.full
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