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Lead
University Hospital, Bordeaux
Age
40–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Male or female aged more than 40 yr
Patient needed a thoracic surgery such as lobectomy for cancer or lung transplantation or lung reduction volume surgery.
COPD group: diagnostic of COPD and differentiation of the stage from 1 to 4 according to the GOLD guidelines.
Control group: subjects with normal lung function testing and no chronic symptoms (cough or expectoration). Subjects will be separated in 2 groups according to smoking history (Never smokers, smokers (former or current) and paired to patients according to age and sex.
with a written informed consent
You may not be if
Subject without any social security or health insurance
Asthma, lung fibrosis or idiopathic pulmonary hypertension
Chronic viral infections (hepatitis, HIV)
Pregnant woman or breastfeeding
Subject included for cancer surgery with a Pn0 diagnosis not confirmed after the intervention.
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