title: Pain in early cancer of the lungs.
abstract: 164 patients with early cancer of the lungs, i.e., without extrathoracic spread or distant metastasis, were examined. Subjective and objective characteristics of the pain were studied. A correlation was found between the location of the neoplasm, the location of the pain and the characteristics of the sensory changes. These observations may be a useful contribution to the early diagnosis of primary carcinomas of the lungs.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology