title: Lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
abstract: The application of current knowledge and technology could dramatically improve the survival rate in both lung cancer and COPD, even before physicians and other health workers are finally able to convince the population that both personal and environmental smoke must be eliminated to begin to reduce the premature morbidity and mortality from lung cancer, airflow obstruction, and other smoking-related diseases such as heart attack and stroke.
authors.affiliation: HealthONE Center for Health Sciences Education, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Petty
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D015996:Survival Rate