TY - JOUR AU - Vancheri, Carlo PY - 2015 DA - 2015/09/24 TI - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and cancer: do they really look similar? JO - BMC Medicine SP - 220 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - The aim of this opinion article is to understand to what extent idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) can be considered, in its clinical and pathogenic features, similar to cancer. Indeed, IPF has common risk factors with cancer, a low survival, and, most importantly, epigenetic and genetic alterations, abnormal expression of microRNAs, cellular and molecular aberrances, and the activation of similar signalling pathways. SN - 1741-7015 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0478-1 DO - 10.1186/s12916-015-0478-1 ID - Vancheri2015 ER -