Frontiers in Medicine
Family history of cancer and risk of lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study in a Chinese population
Background Family history of cancer is an established risk factor for lung cancer, but its association with the probability of malignancy among patients evaluated for pulmonary nodules—rather than with population-level lung cancer incidence—remains poorly characterized in Chinese populations. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 3,850 consecutive patients evaluated for pulmonary nodules at a tertiary teaching hospital between January 2018 and December 2021, of whom 1,257 (32.6%) underwent surgical r …