title: Lung cancer resectability in urban Blacks.
abstract: Two hundred and eighty-one patients with carcinoma of the lung were seen over a period of 30 months in our unit. All patients were investigated and staged according to the system of the American Joint Committee for Cancer Staging. Patients with stage I or stage II disease were operated upon, but those with stage III disease or with a pre-operative diagnosis of small cell tumour were not considered for surgery. Of the 281 patients evaluated, 83 (29,5%) underwent thoracotomy and 55 (19,6%) resection.
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013019:South Africa; D014505:Urban Population