title: A profile of lung carcinomas: study on 364 cases.
abstract: The authors have proposed to analyze retrospectively the clinical-morphological profile of a consistent group of lung carcinomas treated surgically. The studied material consisted of clinical and pathological medical records from 364 patients confirmed histopathologically with lung carcinoma after surgical intervention. Five main groups were defined based on the histopathological criteria and then compared. The assessment of clinical data, in spite of a wide range of clinical expressions, revealed some particular features for each of the defined groups. The morphological data outlined also different behavioral profiles for each of the histopathological types of lung carcinoma. These results showed that malignant epithelial tumors of the lung are still a major challenge from the detection until the therapeutic intervention and, therefore, the preoperative clinical-morphological investigation is crucial for a better adjustment of the therapeutic act according to the individual profile of each type of tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania; pie1956@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Camelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Demetrian
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demetrian
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Meunier
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Naffaa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olaru
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Pleşea
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Pleşea
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010641:Phenotype; D011300:Preoperative Care