Procalcitonin Blood Levels May Help Detect Lung Cancer in IPF Patients, Study Suggests
Procalcitonin, a precursor of the calcitonin hormone, may be used as a potential biomarker of lung cancer developing in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a recent study suggests. Compared with patients with IPF alone, procalcitonin was significantly higher in IPF patients who also had lung…