Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer are devastating pulmonary
diseases that commonly coexist and present a number of clinical challenges. COPD confers …

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) can yield excellent local tumor control, as well as
survival benefit comparable to that of surgery for early-stage lung cancer. However, in terms …

Background Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) is a common spirometric pattern
that is associated with respiratory symptoms and higher mortality rates. However, the …

Background The impacts of pulmonary function in patients with metastatic non-small cell
lung cancer (NSCLC) and extended disease stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC-ED) …

Background: Time-to-treatment is defined as a quality indicator for cancer care but is not well
documented. We investigated whether meeting Norwegian timeframes of 35/42 days from …

Background: Little information on the natural history of patients with localized NSCLC is
available since many of the studies covering the subject lack information on pathological …

Introduction This study aimed to evaluate parenchymal and functional lung changes
following stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer …

The aim of the work was to study the features of the salivary biochemical composition in the
combined pathology of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) of …

The present issue of Acta Oncologica contains studies presented at the 15th Acta
Oncologica Symposium, held in Aarhus, Denmark on June 13-16, 2017. The symposium …

Lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are both leading causes of
death in the world, and these two disease are closely linked in the clinical setting and at the …