Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer after surgical resection

Abstract

The outcomes of patients with both lung cancer and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are unfavorable. Therapeutic interventions for lung cancer such as surgery can cause acute exacerbation of IPF (aeIPF). This study aimed to assess the frequency of IPF in a group of patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and to report clinical characteristics and outcomes of this cohort of patients.

Keywords

• early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer
• idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
• acute exacerbation
• surgery
• radiotherapy