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Giant cell adenocarcinoma of the lung
Author(s) -
Herman Doris L.,
Bullock Weldon K.,
Waken John K.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196610)19:10<1337::aid-cncr2820191003>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - lung , adenocarcinoma , pathology , medicine , carcinoma , large cell , mucin , adenocarcinoma of the lung , cell , giant cell , small cell carcinoma , lung cancer , biology , cancer , genetics
The 63 giant cell adenocarcinomas of the lung which were found among 592 primary lung carcinomas in 25,785 necropsies during the period from 1945 through 1957 at the Los Angeles County Hospital were studied in detail by histochemical methods. These tumors constitute 10.3% of the primary pulmonary lung carcinomas in this group. Giant cell adenocarcinomas can be separated from the other types of lung carcinomas only by their characteristic morphology and by the demonstration of intracytoplasmic mucin. Their most striking clinical feature was the short survival time which paralleled that of small cell carcinoma of the lung.