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You'll Never Walk Alone
Editorial

You'll Never Walk Alone

Somchai Bovornkitti

Smoking is the largest, preventable cause of lung cancer mortality. People smoke for nicotine and die from the tar.

ตุลาคม - ธันวาคม 2567
Will I Live to be 100
Editorial

Will I Live to be 100

Somchai Bovornkitti

Where optimism lives, anatomically, is in the amygdala, a small almond-shaped mass deep inside the brain. It enables us to process emotions and helps us to generate optimism.

กรกฎาคม - กันยายน 2567
Background Cases
Editorial

Background Cases

Somchai Bovornkitti

Mesothelioma is exclusively a cancer of the pleura and peritoneum. The tumor is often referred to as a sentinel disease for asbestos exposure, i.e. an epidemiologic marker for asbestos.

มกราคม - มีนาคม 2567
Asbestos Risks
Editorial

Asbestos Risks

Somchai Bovornkitti

Exaggerated claims of asbestos risks in Thailand first appeared in the media a few years after the beginning of importation of the mineral for industrial use, and such claims have surged from time to time.

มกราคม - มีนาคม 2567
Asbestos Fibers in the Lung
Editorial

Asbestos Fibers in the Lung

Somchai Bovornkitti

On August 8, 2017, a paper titled “First Identification of Pulmonary Asbestos Fibres ina Spanish Population” was published inthejournal “Lung.”

ตุลาคม - ธันวาคม 2566
A Low-grade Lung Cancer
Letter to the Editor

A Low-grade Lung Cancer

Somchai Bovornkitti, MD, FRCP, FRACP, Hon.FACP

While most forms of lung cancer are highly malignant, there is an exception in the case of pulmonary alveolar cell carcinoma.

กรกฎาคม - กันยายน 2566
Health Concern to Electronic Cigarettes
Letter to the Editor

Health Concern to Electronic Cigarettes

Somchai Bovornkitti

Our previous communication on electronic cigarettes and health concern noted that the EC preparations are the culprits to the adverse effects and not a harm-free alternative to tobacco smoke. Of note, a more recent study on health outcomes in COPD smokers using heated tobacco products: a 3-year follow-up...

เมษายน - มิถุนายน 2566
The Aging Lung
Editorial

The Aging Lung

Somchai Bovornkitti, Somsak Tiamkao

Aging lung refers to the lung of elderly persons from the natural ageing process, of which the changed state may be superimposed from prior exposure to environmental factors, e.g. air pollutants, smokes, etc.

เมษายน - มิถุนายน 2566
Are Mesothelioma Patients in Thailand Background Cases ?
Editorial

Are Mesothelioma Patients in Thailand Background Cases ?

Somsak Tiamkao, Somchai Bovornkitti

Mesothelioma is almost exclusively a cancer of the pleura or peritoneum among other organs with mesothelium lining. Such tumors have been referred to as sentinel disease for asbestos exposure. Most mesothelioma cases are background cases, i.e. a consequence of spontaneous tumor formation.

เมษายน - มิถุนายน 2566