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 Paternal prepubertal passive smoke exposure may increase the risk of childhood asthma. However, its association ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Introduction Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) is broken down into primary (PSP: no known underlying lung disease), secondary (SSP: known lung disease) and from trauma or iatrogenic pneumothorax (IP).

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 ...

Circulating miRNAs and childhood asthma ICS response: a stratified analysis in the intervention arm of an RCT with vitamin D effect modification ...

1 Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland 2 Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland Correspondence to: Dr O Ruuskanen, Department of ...