Summary of Key Points • Addressing tobacco dependence in patients with cancer increases the quality of care by reducing their risk for treatment complications, improving their prognosis, and reducing the…
Abstract Lung cancer remains the highest contributor to cancer mortality worldwide. Among woman, lung cancer incidence and mortality is still increasing in many countries. The epidemiology of lung cancer is…
Abstract Interpretation of lung biopsy specimens is an integral part in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD). The process of evaluating a surgical lung biopsy for disease involves answering…
Abstract The connective tissue diseases (CTDs) are inflammatory, immune-mediated disorders in which interstitial lung disease (ILD) is common and clinically important. ILD may be the first manifestation of a CTD…
Abstract Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive, and ultimately fatal disease of the lung with an unknown etiology and few treatment options. Recognition of patients who fall into…
Abstract Cigarette smoke is recognized as the primary causative agent of certain interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), namely respiratory bronchiolitis–associated ILD, desquamative interstitial pneumonia, and pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Cigarette smoking…
Abstract Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) encompass a wide range of diffuse pulmonary disorders, characterized by a variable degree of inflammatory and fibrotic changes of the alveolar wall and eventually the…
Keywords Diffuse parenchymal lung disease, Interstitial lung disease, Lung disease, Lung transplantation, Parenchymal lung disease, Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis Key Points • For selected parenchymal lung disease (DPLD) patients…
Abstract In spite of many studies, the real nature, etiology, pathobiology, and therapy of acute exacerbation (AEx) of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are not clear. It seemed that AEx-IPF may…
Abstract The care of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis requires multidisciplinary management integrating disease-specific therapy with treatment of comorbidities as well as symptom palliation. This review focuses on the role…
