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Increasing incidence of adenocarcinoma of the lung
Author(s) -
Valaitis Jonas,
Warren Sherwyn,
Gamble Donna
Publication year - 1981
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(19810301)47:5<1042::aid-cncr2820470535>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - adenocarcinoma , medicine , incidence (geometry) , lung , lung cancer , squamous carcinoma , carcinoma , adenocarcinoma of the lung , cancer , oncology , physics , optics
Abstract Review of the histology of 219 lung cancers initially diagnosed at Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois, in 1963–1967 and 1974–1976, confirms the increasing incidence of adenocarcinoma. This is due to an increase of adenocarcinoma in men. In women, the incidence of adenocarcinoma was higher than squamous carcinoma in the earlier period (44% adeno, 18% squamous). The percentage of women with lung cancer has also significantly increased from 19% to 31%, which increases the overall incidence of adenocarcinoma of the lung. As the number of women with lung carcinoma has increased, there has been no change in the percentage of adenocarcinoma in women. Cancer 47:1046–1046, 1981.