title: [Tumouer frequency in autopsy cases. III. The carcinoma of the lung (author's transl)].
abstract: The analysis is based on the catalogue of neoplasms notifiable in the German Democratic Republic (IDC-Code Nrs. 140-209, 210.2, 211.3, 211.9, 225, 226.2, 226.3, 253.0, 702, 757.2). At the Medical Academy of Erfurt 22 155 autopsies (12 212 males, 9 943 females) of adults (15 years and upwards were registrated in the period from 1950 to 1966. Among them 1 168 carcinomas of the lung (5.3% of autopsies and 15.2% of all tumours) were observed. The cases are distributed among 1010 males (8.3% of males) and 158 females (1.6% of females). The frequency difference is distinct. Age and sex distribution, frequency and localization of metastases are presented.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005859:Germany, East; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Die Häufigkeit der Tumoren im Obduktionsgut. III. Mittelung: Das Bronchialkarzionom