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Lung cancer in men aged 75 or older
Author(s) -
Sarma Deba P.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930340106
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , adenocarcinoma , autopsy , lung cancer , epidermoid carcinoma , cancer , lung , carcinoma , disease , basal cell , small cell carcinoma , pathology , oncology , physics , optics
Abstract Sixty‐seven cases of lung cancer occurring in men aged 75 or older were examined at autopsy. There is a similar incidence of epidermoid and small cell carcinoma, but a lower incidence of adenocarcinoma and a slightly higher incidence of large cell carcinoma in this elderly group of patients compared to the incidence of various histologic types occurring in patients of all ages. The various organs involved by metastatic tumor are similar to those seen in lung cancer in general; the overall metastatic disease is less widespread in the older group.