A key outcome from lung cancer screening studies is the concept of ‘stage-shift’ seen in screen-detected cancers compared ...

Background Spirometry is a measure of lung function used to make clinical decisions regarding the diagnosis and management of ...

‘LungGENS’, our previously developed web tool for mapping single-cell gene expression in the developing lung, has been well received by the pulmonary research community. With continued support from ...

Lung cancer (LC) remains the deadliest cancer in the world and LC screening programmes continue to expand across healthcare systems to improve outcomes by earlier detection.1 Following results from ...

Background Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are characterised by increased dyspnoea, reduced quality of life and muscle weakness. Re-exacerbation and hospital admission ...

1 The James Hogg iCAPTURE Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2 Department of Medicine (Pulmonary Division), University of British Columbia, Vancouver ...

Background Previous studies have suggested that long-term use of β agonists to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may increase the risk of cardiovascular adverse events. In this post ...

Background: Clinical studies suggest that inhaled corticosteroids reduce exacerbations and improve health status in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, their effect on mortality is ...

1 Department of Molecular Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 3 Data Science Centre, Royal College ...

Correspondence to: Dr P T G Elkington Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK; p.elkington{at}imperial.ac.uk Matrix ...

Rationale Evidence for the association between fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and mortality among patients with tuberculosis (TB) is limited. Whether greenness protects air pollution-related ...

Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew’s and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London EC1A 7BE, UK Correspondence to: Professor J A Wedzicha, Academic Unit of Respiratory ...