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Oat cell carcinoma of the lung: A review of 138 cases
Author(s) -
Kato Yutaka,
Ferguson Thomas B.,
Bennett Dale E.,
Burford Thomas H.
Publication year - 1969
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(196903)23:3<517::aid-cncr2820230301>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , carcinoma , lung cancer , population , bronchogenic carcinoma , basal cell , lung , cancer , surgery , biopsy , radiology , environmental health
All cases seen during the 11 years from 1956 through 1966 are reviewed. They comprised 10% of the bronchogenic cancer population. Males predominated 19:1. There was no positive correlation with cigarette smoking. In most of the patients symptoms were present less than 3 months before diagnosis. Only four patients (3.0%) had overt hypercoticism. Histologic confirmation was easily obtained; bronchoscopic biopsy was positive in 60% of the cases. Our operability rate (60%) and resectability rate (27%) are almost as high as for epidermoid carcinoma; others have reported much lower rates. There are two 5‐year survivors, the only asymptomatic patients in the series. In both, the tumor already had prominent vascular invasion, and one had regional lymph node involvement. The survival rate was 5.4% of the resected patients and 1.4% of the total group.