Curative-intent multimodality treatment—combining local treatments such as surgery or radiotherapy with systemic therapy—is ...

Background The long-acting monoclonal antibody nirsevimab and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines became available for prevention of severe RSV-associated disease in 2023. While clinical trials ...

Introduction Breathlessness is a common cause of hospital admission globally and is associated with high mortality, ...

A common eligibility criterion in respiratory clinical trials is a per cent-predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 second ...

Introduction Paternal prepubertal passive smoke exposure may increase the risk of childhood asthma. However, its association with impaired lung function trajectories at risk of chronic obstructive ...

Background The evidence on associations between ultra-processed foods (UPF) and lung cancer risk is limited and inconsistent. Research question Are UPF associated with an increased risk of lung cancer ...

The 2024 British Thoracic Society/ National Institute for Health and Care Excellence/ Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network asthma guidelines recommend anti-inflammatory reliever (AIR)-based ...

Platypnoea–orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is a rare disorder, manifesting as deoxygenation occurring when the patient is in the upright position. Four broad mechanisms for the condition have been ...

Dr E Hnizdo, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, MS PB 163, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA BACKGROUND A study was undertaken to establish the chronic effect of ...

1 Cancer Research Health Behaviour Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK 2 Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of ...

Applied Immunobiology and Transplantation Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Correspondence to Dr A J Fisher, Applied Immunobiology and ...

Background: Quadriceps weakness and loss of muscle mass predict mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It was hypothesised that a reduced quadriceps cross-sectional area could be ...