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Chengzhi Zhou1, Tao Luan2, Weijie Guan1
1The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, Guangzhou, 510000, PR China.
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Despite the success of various cancer therapies on patient survival, these treatments can have negative side effects, particularly severe damage to the respiratory system. Given the rise in respiratory-associated illnesses in response to cancer treatment, we urge the field to consider a new discipline referred to as 'oncology-respirology' (or onco-respirology).
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