Current Issue December 2011 | Vol. 32, No. 4
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December 2011
Lung CancerLynn T. Tanoue, MD, and Richard A. Matthay, MD, Guest Editors
Carcinoma of the lung is one of the most prevalent and aggressive types of cancer. It is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and worldwide. Siegel and colleagues at the American Cancer Society estimated that in 2011 in the United States there would be 221,130 new cases of lung cancer and 156,940 deaths from lung cancer. Fortunately, however, lung cancer death rates in women in the United States decreased for the first time during the years 2003 to 2007, more than a decade after decreasing in men.
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Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis27 January 2012
Ulrich Costabel, Francesco Bonella, Josune Guzman
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a complex syndrome caused by the inhalation of environmental antigens. Chronic HP may mimic other fibrotic lung diseases, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Re...
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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Pathobiology of Novel Approaches to Treatment30 December 2011
Toby M. Maher
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease of unknown cause that conveys a dismal prognosis. In the United States there are currently no licensed therapies for treatment of IPF. The ...
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Management of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis30 December 2011
Stefania Cerri, Paolo Spagnolo, Fabrizio Luppi, Luca Richeldi
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a deadly progressive lung disease without an effective standard treatment approach. Because of the complexity and uncertainties of IPF treatment, therapeutic dec...
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Smoking-Related Interstitial Lung Diseases19 December 2011
Robert Vassallo, Jay H. Ryu
Cigarette smoke, a toxic collection of thousands of chemicals generated from combustion of tobacco, is recognized as the primary causative agent of certain diffuse interstitial and bronchiolar lung di...
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Genetic Interstitial Lung Disease08 December 2011
Megan Stuebner Devine, Christine Kim Garcia
The interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), or diffuse parenchymal lung diseases, are a heterogeneous collection of more than 100 different pulmonary disorders that affect the tissue and spaces surrounding...
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Lung TransplantationRobert M. Kotloff, MD, Guest Editor
Pulmonary Disease and PregnancyGhada Bourjeily, MD, Guest Editor
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Interstitial Lung Disease: Idiopathic Interstitial PneumoniaGuest Editor: G. Raghu
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Artificial AirwaysGuest Editors: A. Ernst & A. Mehta
Sleep DisordersGuest Editors: T. Lee-Chiong & V. Mohsenin
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Respiratory Tract Infections: Advances in Diagnosis, Management and PreventionSeptember 2011 (Vol. 32 | No. 3 | Pages xiii-xiv)
Michael S. Niederman
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New Diagnostic Tests for Pneumonia: What is Their Role in Clinical Practice?September 2011 (Vol. 32 | No. 3 | Pages 417-430)
Thomas M. File
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Defining Severe PneumoniaSeptember 2011 (Vol. 32 | No. 3 | Pages 469-479)
Samuel M. Brown, Nathan C. Dean
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Bronchiectasis: New Approaches to Diagnosis and ManagementSeptember 2011 (Vol. 32 | No. 3 | Pages 535-546)
Charles Feldman
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Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia: Approach to ManagementSeptember 2011 (Vol. 32 | No. 3 | Pages 507-515)
Andrew Labelle, Marin H. Kollef
