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COPD Heightens Deadly Lung Cancer Risk in Smokers

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Boston, MA ─(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2015.  Smokers who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) may face nearly twice the risk of getting small cell lung cancer (SCLC)—the deadliest form of lung cancer—than smokers who don’t have COPD, according to a large worldwide study led by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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The study was published online September 24, 2015 in EBioMedicine.

The new study—the largest-ever epidemiologicstudy of SCLC—is the first to…

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