Update in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2007

There is intense scientific and clinical interest in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is reflected in the increasing number of articles in scientific journals on this topic. There have been advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and assessment and in the applications of current treatments in COPD, but not in the development of new treatments for COPD, particularly those that might retard or reverse its progression.