Clinical Study on Primary Lung Cancer

Lee, Uk Yong; Kim, June Myung; Jang, Sang Ho; Kim, Kyung Rae; Sohn, Hee Young; Kim, Sung Kyu; Lee, Won Young; Kim, Ki Ho

doi:1983.30.2.79

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 30(2); 1983 > Article

Original Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1983;30(2):79-84.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1983.30.2.79 Published online June 1, 1983.

Clinical Study on Primary Lung Cancer

Uk Yong Lee, June Myung Kim, Sang Ho Jang, Kyung Rae Kim, Hee Young Sohn, Sung Kyu Kim, Won Young Lee, Ki Ho Kim

Department of Internal Medicine YonSei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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이욱용, 김준명, 장상호, 김경래, 손희영, 김성규, 이원영, 김기호

Abstract

A clinical study was made on 200 cases of primary lung cancer at Severance Hospital from January 1980 to June 1982. The male to female ratio of the patient was 4.4: 1 and over 90 percent of the cases were beyond the age of 40 years. The chief complaints in the order of frequency were cough(44.0%) , chest pain and discomfort(34.0%) , dyspnea(31. 5%) , sputum expectoration (15.5%) and hemoptysis (15.5%). Abnormal bronchoscopic finding were noted in 101 cases and the frequent sites of bronchogenic carcinoma in the order of frequency were right upper lobe bronchus(31.7%), left upper lobe bronchus(18.8%) and left main bronchus (12.9%). Matastasis was noted in 65% of the cases and the frequent site of metastasis in the order of frequency were extrapulmonary lymphnodes(36. 2%), bone(33.1 %), pleura(27. 7%) and mediastinum(16.9%). The 11 cases(5.5%) of the total of the 17 thoracotomies were resectable.