Cancer in interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis.
The occurrence of lung cancer in patients with diffuse interstitial pulmonary disease is well-known. The incidence, however, varies and ranges from 9.8 to 38%. The pathogenesis of lung cancer in pulmonary fibrosis is unclear, but genetic as well as environmental factors seem to be involved.
Sharma
Om P
OP
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. osharma@usc.edu
Lamb
Carla
C
D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*