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Changing incidence of adenocarcinoma of the lung: A brief review
Author(s) -
Reyes Cesar V.,
Chua David,
Aranha Gerald V.
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.2930350112
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , adenocarcinoma , lung , general surgery , cancer , physics , optics
The autopsy of lung cancer at Hines Veterans Administration Hospital was reviewed for a 27‐year period, between 1957 and 1983. There has been a changing histologic pattern with a recent increase in adenocarcinoma and a relative decrease of the other cell types. This observation, based on a virtually all‐male patient population, is partly attributed to better and improved diagnostic procedures.