title: Bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma: a 21-year retrospective study of cases at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow.
abstract: A 21-year retrospective autopsy study of bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma in the Western District of Glasgow is presented which includes a detailed review of the case notes and post-mortem pathology of 18 patients. Aspects of the histogenesis of the tumour and its prognosis are included in the discussion. It is concluded that bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma is a valid term which describes a disease entity that is amenable to successful surgical resection when at a limited stage but that in pathological terms it represents a heterogeneous population of tumours.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Tullett
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Stack
mesh_terms: D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012606:Scotland