80% Of Adults With Long-term Lung Disease Do Not Know They Have It

... Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema goes undiagnosed in 80 per cent of people who suffer from it according to a new report by Cancer Research UK published online today in Thorax.This condition is strongly associated with lung cancer because both arise from long-term damage to lung tissue caused by smoking. [click link for full article] ...