Annual Congress Vienna 2009

Saturday, 12.09.2009
Sunday, 13.09.2009
Monday, 14.09.2009
Tuesday, 15.09.2009
Wednesday, 16.09.2009

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, abstract number.

Material from 2009:

4047 Abstracts
652 Slide presentations
300 Webcasts
93 Handouts
2150 e-posters
300 Multimedia files

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The lung cancer-COPD nexus

Symposium
Chairs: G. Anderson (Parkville, Australia), A. Papi (Ferrara, Italy)
Aims: The aim of this sypmosium is to: highlight the commonalities between COPD and lung cancer and the increased risk of one disease if the other is present; describe the role of epigenetic changes in the development of lung cancer; highlight the growing evidence for a key role for inflammation in lung cancer; and emphasise the potential for novel treatment modalities for tobacco-related syndrome.

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Lung cancer in COPD patients T. Sethi (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Airway gene expression as a link between COPD and lung cancer A. Spira (Boston, Ma, United States of America)
Therapeutic implications P. J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)