title: [Bronchial carcinoma in subjects under 40].
abstract: We investigated a series of 30 patients younger than 40 years with histologically proven bronchogenic carcinoma. Most patients were symptomatic for a mean duration of 3 months before examination. The most common cell types were squamous carcinoma in 10 patients, oat cell carcinoma in 9 patients, and adenocarcinoma in 5 patients. The disease was categorized as Stage I in 3 patients, Stage II in 3, Stage III in 17, and Stage IV in 7. Ten patients underwent resection, whereas 3 patients were inoperable at surgery. The average length of survival for the nonoperated patients was 4.2 months (range 1 to 16 months). The mean survival for the surgically treated patients was 23.3 months (range 0 to 84 months). Extent of resection did not have any statistical significance in the survival rates which were mainly affected by staging of disease.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Torino.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ardissone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rapellino
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Obert
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baldi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scappaticci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pecchio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Borasio
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Il carcinoma bronchiale nei soggetti di età inferiore a 40 anni.