title: Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. Clinicopathologic study.
abstract: This study was undertaken to investigate the diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic features of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. The overall five-year survival rate for 734 patients was 5 percent, with a median survival of 5.9 months. Surgical excision for early-stage disease was particularly effective therapy. In 151 of 201 patients having surgical excision, the resections were deemed curative. Other modes of therapy proved ineffective, although a combination of radiation and chemotherapy provided cure in one of 39 patients; that patient is alive today after 11 years and three months.
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001344:Autopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents