Lung carcinoma in uranium miners, Czechoslovakia, 1976-1980.
The analysis of the clinical data of uranium miners suffering from lung cancer in the years 1976-1980 was made. In 299 diseased men with lung cancer verified by histology and/or cytology the average age was 56.2 years. There were 52.8% of epidermoid carcinomas, 32.8% of small cell carcinomas, 5% of adenocarcinomas, and 9.4% of other, mixed, undifferentiated carcinomas. This distribution differed from those reported previously. In 25 survivors of 5 years (8.4%), there were 21 patients radically operated in the Stage I or II of the disease. In 84% of survivors the cancer was epidermoid. The lung cancer in uranium miners has not any proper characteristics excluding the age of diseased persons which is about 10-15 years lower than in current male population suffering from lung cancer.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008906:Mining; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014501:Uranium / Q000009:adverse effects*
D014501:Uranium