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Prevalence, symptom burden and under-diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Polish lung cancer screening population: a cohort observational study.
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- Late-Stage Presentation and Diagnostic Gaps in Romanian Lung Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Tertiary Center Analysis with Implications for Scalable Screening.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Global, regional, and national trends in burden of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and associated risk factors, 1990-2021: results from the global burden of disease study 2021.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2026Article
- Beyond the Scan: Adapting Multimodal Lung Cancer Screening for Central and Eastern Europe-Overcoming Systemic Barriers and Epidemiological Confounders.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Comorbidity of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: correlation and optimization of treatment strategies.Translational lung cancer research · 2025Review
- Proteomic Analysis of Plasma Exosomes Enables the Identification of Lung Cancer in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Thoracic cancer · 2025Article
- Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The Costs and Benefits of Case Finding.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2024Article
- Lung Cancer in Women-Sociodemographic, Clinical and Psychological Characteristics with Comparison to Men.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Epidemiological Characteristics of 101,471 Patients Hospitalized with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Poland in 2019: Multimorbidity, Duration of Hospitalization, In-Hospital Mortality.Advances in respiratory medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesLung cancer screening using low-dose CT may be not effective without considering the presence of comorbidities related to chronic smoking. The aim of the study was to establish the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in group of phighlight the potential benefits atients participating in the largest Polish lung cancer screening programme MOLTEST-BIS and attempt to confirm the necessity of combined lung cancer and COPD screening.
designCohort, prospective study.
settingMedical University of Gdańsk, Poland
participantsThe study included 754 participants in lung cancer screening trial from the Pomeranian region, aged 50-70 years old, current and former smokers with a smoking history ≥30 pack-years. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Questionnaire, physical examination, anthropometric measurements, spirometry test before and after inhaled bronchodilator (400 µg of salbutamol)
resultsObstructive disorders were diagnosed in 186 cases (103 male and 83 female). In the case of 144 participants (19.73%), COPD was diagnosed. Only 13.3% of participants with COPD were known about the disease earlier. According to classification of airflow limitation 55.6% of diagnosed COPD were in Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 1 (mild), 38.9% in GOLD 2 (moderate), 4.9% in GOLD 3 (severe) and 0.7% in GOLD 4 (very severe) stage. Women with recognition of COPD were younger than men (63.7 vs 66.3 age) and they smoked less cigarettes (41.1 vs 51.9 pack-years).
conclusionsPrevalence of COPD in Polish lung cancer screening cohort is significant. The COPD in this group is remarkably under-diagnosed. Most diagnosed COPD cases were in the initial stage of advancement. This early detection of airflow limitation highlights the potential benefits arising from combined oncological-pulmonary screening.NKBBN.
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