Tuberculosis and Scarring as Risk Factors for Lung Cancer

Principal Investigator

Name
Eric Engels

Institution
NCI, DCEG, VEB

About this CDAS Project

Study
PLCO (Learn more about this study)

Project ID
2006-0078

Initial CDAS Request Approval
Jul 1, 2006

Title
Tuberculosis and Scarring as Risk Factors for Lung Cancer

Collaborators

Neil Caporaso (Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics)

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