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It’s still so intrinsically linked to smoking ... COPD (chronic obstructive airways disease), exposure to naturally-occurring radon gas, or a family history of lung cancer. Some of the symptoms ...
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Alexander Mathioudakis, MD, PhD, clinical lecturer in respiratory medicine at The University of Manchester, discusses insights from the FLAME trial analysis and the ICS-RECODE meta-analysis.