title: Irradiated lung cancer. An autopsy analysis of spread pattern.
abstract: The spread pattern was studied in 48 autopsied cases of irradiated, apparently localized lung cancer. Disease was found in the upper abdomen in 52%, in the brain in 8.7%; in the bones in 20.8%; and confined to the thoracic cavity in 27%. Radical irradiation controlled 38% locally. The pattern of metastasis in these irradiated lung tumors did not seem to differ from that of unirradiated lung cancers reported elsewhere.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis