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pack years

Known as: Pack Year, {Pack Year} 
A way to measure the amount a person has smoked over a long period of time. It is calculated by multiplying the number of packs of cigarettes smoked… 
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Review
2018
Review
2018
COPD patients hospitalized with exacerbations have greater cognitive impairment than patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure
Purpose People with COPD have cognitive dysfunction, which is greater in those hospitalized for exacerbations than in stable… 
2017
2017
Standard of care vs reduced-dose chemoradiation after induction chemotherapy in HPV+ oropharyngeal carcinoma patients.
6069Background: Locally advanced Human Papillomavirus (HPV) + oropharyngeal carcinoma (OPC) has a significantly better response… 
2015
2015
Intrapleural lipoma mimicking a lung cancer.
### Learning Point for Clinicians Lung malignancy is the most important differential in unexplained CXR lesions especially in… 
2009
2009
Smoking intensity, oxidative stress and chemotherapy in nonsmall cell lung cancer: a correlated prognostic study.
Cigarette smoking is a well known environmental risk factor for lung cancer; furthermore it can also enhance lung carcinogenesis… 
2008
2008
Pack years of cigarette smoking as a predictor of survival in 2,013 patients with stage IIIb/IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
8005 Background: Cigarette smoking is a negative prognostic factor for patients with NSCLC. It is unclear how the number of pack… 
2003
2003
POSSIBLE OCCUPATIONAL LUNG CANCER IN NEPAL
The objective of this study was to describe the relationship between occupational exposures and the development of lung cancer… 
1997
1997
Smoking habits and painful diabetic neuropathy.
1997
1997
p53 protein expression and increased SSCP mobility shifts in the p53 gene in normal urothelium cultured from smokers.
This study provides evidence of a significantly (P = 0.018) increased level of expression of the stable conformation of p53 in… 
1990
1990
Calcified endobronchial mass in a 28-year-old man.
A 28-year-old Iranian male with a three-pack year history ofcigarette smoking 1resented with a 14year history of intermittent… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Increased fragile sites and sister chromatid exchanges in bone marrow and peripheral blood of young cigarette smokers.
Cigarette smoking is considered to be the single most important acquired cause of cancer mortality. Studies of chromosome… 
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