Quantification of Perinodular Emphysema in High-risk Patients Offers No Benefit in Lung Nodule Risk-Stratification of Malignancy Potential.

Purpose: Pulmonary nodules, found either incidentally or on lung cancer screening, are common. Evaluating the benign or malignant nature of these nodules is costly in terms of patient risk and expense. The presence of both global and regional emphysema has been linked to increased lung cancer risk.

Quality of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-Related Health Care in Rural and Urban Veterans Affairs Clinics.

Only minor disparities were found between patients at rural and urban clinics in this examination of the differences in the quality of health care for patients with COPD.