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Features of early detection of lung cancer in conditions of tuberculosis dispensary.

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Observational analysis explores lung cancer diagnosis amidst tuberculosis, highlighting detection challenges.

Lung cancer was detected in 2.3% of tuberculosis patients, indicating a significant overlap between the two diseases.
Rare tumors such as hamartomas were most common, appearing in 17.8% of the diagnosed lung cancer cases.
The analysis involved a comprehensive examination of 1966 patients suspected of having respiratory tuberculosis.
Further diagnosis may necessitate surgical methods like thoracoscopy when X-ray results are inconclusive.

Samorodov et al. (2025) studied this question.

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