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pack years
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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
2019
Review
2019
Clinical Epidemiology of COPD: Insights From 10 Years of the COPDGene Study.
D. Maselli
,
S. Bhatt
,
+18 authors
B. Make
Chest
2019
Corpus ID: 173992420
2016
2016
Impaired nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 expression increases apoptosis of airway epithelial cells in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to cigarette smoking
Kazuhiro Yamada
,
K. Asai
,
+8 authors
K. Hirata
BMC Pulmonary Medicine
2016
Corpus ID: 737232
BackgroundCigarette smoking-induced oxidative stress is known to be a key mechanism in COPD pathogenesis. Nuclear factor…
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Tobacco Cessation May Improve Lung Cancer Patient Survival
Katharine A. Dobson Amato
,
A. Hyland
,
+12 authors
M. Reid
Journal of Thoracic Oncology
2015
Corpus ID: 22938944
Introduction: This study characterizes tobacco cessation patterns and the association of cessation with survival among lung…
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Demethylation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor as a biomarker for nascent smokers
R. Philibert
,
S. Beach
,
G. Brody
Epigenetics
2012
Corpus ID: 21519283
Epigenetic modifications to peripheral white blood cell DNA occur in response to a wide variety of exposures. In prior work, we…
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Effect of smoking on oxygen delivery and outcome in patients treated with radiotherapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma--a prospective study.
C. Hoff
,
C. Grau
,
J. Overgaard
Radiotherapy and Oncology
2012
Corpus ID: 36121928
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Lung cancer screening with low-dose helical CT: results from the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST)
B. Kramer
,
C. Berg
,
D. Aberle
,
P. Prorok
Journal of Medical Screening
2011
Corpus ID: 475590
After long debate about the worth of screening for lung cancer, and even about the merits of doing a randomized trial to address…
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Human Papillomavirus in Metastatic Lymph Nodes from Unknown Primary Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Andrew M Compton
,
Tara N Moore-Medlin
,
+6 authors
C. Nathan
Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
2011
Corpus ID: 27428446
Objective. Determine human papillomavirus (HPV) incidence in unknown primary squamous cell carcinomas (SCCa) of the head and neck…
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
The prevalence of macular telangiectasia type 2 in the Beaver Dam eye study.
R. Klein
,
B. Blodi
,
S. Meuer
,
Chelsea E. Myers
,
E. Chew
,
B. Klein
American journal of ophthalmology-glaucoma
2010
Corpus ID: 19548337
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Screening for lung cancer using low dose CT scanning
R. Macredmond
,
P. M. Logan
,
M. Lee
,
D. Kenny
,
C. Foley
,
R. Costello
Thorax
2004
Corpus ID: 14808926
Background: Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer related death in Ireland. The majority of lung cancers are inoperable…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Different susceptibility to smoking-induced DNA damage among male and female lung cancer patients.
D. Ryberg
,
A. Hewer
,
D. Phillips
,
A. Haugen
Cancer Research
1994
Corpus ID: 1814802
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