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Severity of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Its Relationship to Lung Cancer Prognosis after Surgical Resection

Hidemi Suzuki, Yoshito Yamada, Eitetsu Koh, Ichiro Yoshino, Yasuo Sekine

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon · 2012 · 72 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

Higher COPD grades had higher rates of postoperative pulmonary complications and poorer long-term survivals because of higher rates of cancer-related deaths.

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