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    • Pulmonary scar carcinoma in South Africa 

      Jenkins, N.; Irusen, E. M.; Koegelenberg, C. F. N. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2017)
      Background. The association between lung scarring and the subsequent development of cancer remains controversial. South Africa has one of the highest incidences of tuberculosis in the world, and resultant scarring may ...

    • Fatal tumour pulmonary embolism 

      Masoud, Salim Rashid; Koegelenberg, Coenraad Frederik Nicolaas; Van Wyk, Abraham Christoffel; Allwood, Brian W. (Wiley Open Access, 2017)
      A 30-year-old female with no significant past medical history was referred to our facility with sudden onset of shortness of breath. She had a low clinical probability for pulmonary thromboembolism and a computed ...

    • Does access to private healthcare influence potential lung cancer cure rates? 

      John, Thadathilankal-Jess; Plekker, Dante; Irusen, Elvis M.; Koegelenberg, Coenie F. N. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017)
      Background. Numerous studies show a link between poor socioeconomic status (SES) and late-stage cancer diagnosis. However, this has not been consistently shown looking at non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in isolation. ...