Tuberc Respir Dis.  1983 Jun;30(2):79-84. 10.4046/trd.1983.30.2.79.

Clinical Study on Primary Lung Cancer

• KMID: 2528806
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1983.30.2.79

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.