[Diagnosis and surgical treatment of bronchial carcinoma - a report on 1000 cases (author's transl)].
One thousand cases of bronchial carcinoma, which had been treated in the Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Erlangen in 17 years, are reported. 63,2% were either primarily inoperable or found to be so after an exploratory laparotomy; Only 32,4% of all patients were admitted in the first 3 months, 17,6% after more than 12 months, Squamous epithelial carcinoma was the most frequent histological type (51,2%), then came small cell carcinoma (16,4%), dedifferentiated carcinoma (5,1%) and adenocarcinoma (4,1%). The best results of operative treatment were obtained with lobectomy in Stage I with a five year survival rate of 45%. In Stage II, pneumonectomy is the satisfactory operation (no five year cure with lobectomy, but 25,2% with pneumonectomy). Exploratory thoracotomy does not shorten the life expectancy and it should therefore be performed in doubtful cases.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001995:Bronchography; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008481:Mediastinoscopy; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013183:Sputum / Q000166:cytology
Diagnostik und chirurgische Therapie des Bronchialkarzinoms. Bericht über 1000 Fälle