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. 2010 Oct 5;5:351–355. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S12669

Table 5.

Comorbidity in patients with airflow limitation (malignant disease)

Gastrointestinal diseases (gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, colon cancer, etc) 71 (24.6%)
Otolaryngeal, head and neck diseases (laryngeal or pharyngeal cancer, thyroid cancer) 64 (22.1%)
Lung and mediastinal diseases (lung cancer, thymoma, etc) 53 (18.3%)
Urological diseases (bladder cancer, renal pelvic cancer, etc) 42 (14.5%)
Dermatologic diseases (basal cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma, etc) 17 (5.9%)
Hepatocellular and cholangiocellular carcinoma 14 (4.8%)
Breast cancer 11 (3.8%)
Hematological malignancy 8 (2.8%)
Gynecological malignancy 6 (2.1%)
Pancreas cancer 3 (1.0%)
Total 289 (100%)