Clinical Studies of Lung Cancer

Woo, Jong Yul; Seo, Jae Young; Lee, Seung Woo; Choi, Sung Chul; Cho, Gyu Chan; Lee, Jung Kil

doi:1983.30.3.121

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 30(3); 1983 > Article

Original Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1983;30(3):121-124.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1983.30.3.121 Published online September 1, 1983.

Clinical Studies of Lung Cancer

Jong Yul Woo, Jae Young Seo, Seung Woo Lee, Sung Chul Choi, Gyu Chan Cho, Jung Kil Lee

Department of Internal Medicine, St. Benedict Hospital, Busan, Korea

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우종렬, 서재영, 이승우, 최성철, 조규찬, 이중길

Abstract

Lung cancer became one of the most common malignancies ‘in Korea and the advent of Fiberoptic bronchoscope made its diagnosis more accurate. The authors gathered 52 cases of lung cancer by bronchospic biopsy or sputum cytology, and the following results were obtained. 1) The male to female ratio was 4.8 : 1 and the most prevalent age was sixth decades. 2) Usual clinical presentations were cough, dyspnea and chest pain in order. 3) At the time of admission, 30 cases(57.7%) were thought as lung cancer and the remainders as other pulmonary diseases. 4) The most common histologic type was squamous cell carcinoma which consitutes 55.8% of total cases and the prevalent sites were both upper lobe bronchi. 5) On bronchoscopy, trachea and carina were almost normal and masses were identified in 27 cases(51.9%).