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Prediction of risk for developing lung cancer is very important and in this issue López-Encuentra and colleagues describe a study evaluating prognostic factors in lung cancer. The study shows that a previous tumour is an independent prognostic factor for lung cancer and the probability of death at 5 years in a patient with a completely resected stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) increases by 1.5 times. In the accompanying editorial, Toloza discusses these results and concludes that because of the increased risk of also developing a second lung cancer, careful follow up of patients with lung cancer and other malignancies is necessary.
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As Rudolf points out in his editorial in this issue, the recent publication of the TORCH chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) study has stimulated a lot of interest in COPD mortality and its various causes. The TORCH trial was the first large
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