PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (4): 340-343.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2018.04.011

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Research progress in the interaction between pulmonary tuberculosis and lung cancer

WEI Jing,TAO Yuanmeihui,FU Yingmei,ZHAO Jizi,ZHANG Wenli,ZHANG Fengmin   

  1. Harbin Medical University,Wu Lien-Ten Institute,Department of Pathogen Microbiology,The Heilongjiang Key Laboratory of Immunity and Infection,Harbin 150081,China
  • Received:2018-04-15 Online:2018-08-20 Published:2018-09-06

Abstract: Both tuberculosis and lung cancer are seriously damaging to human health.Tuberculosis is currently at high morbidity and mortality,and lung cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in the world.The prognosis of two diseases is different,but the causes of two diseases are mutual influence.The chronic inflammatory stimulation of tuberculosis,the phosphatase components of mycobacterium tuberculosis and the immune response induced by mycobacterium tuberculosis infection can cause lung cancer.Inappropriate treatment after lung cancer can also contribute to the growth of mycobacterium tuberculosis.Faced with such a global major public health problem,the epidemiological investigations and experimental results are used to clarify the reasons for the coexistence of two diseases in recent years.The evidence will provide a basis for the treatment of patients with tuberculosis and lung cancer.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Lung cancer, Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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