title: Clinico-Pathological Profile and Haematological Abnormalities Associated with Lung Cancer in Bangalore, India.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer causing high morbidity and mortality worldwide. An increasing incidence of lung cancer has been observed in India.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the clinic- pathological profile and haematological abnormalities associated with lung cancer in Bangalore, India.
  
  
  METHODS
  This prospective study was carried out over a period of 2 years. A total of 96 newly diagnosed and histopathologically confirmed cases of lung cancer were included in the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our lung cancer cases had a male to female ratio of 3:1. Distribution of age varied from 40 to 90 years, with a major contribution in the age group between 61 and 80 years (55.2%). Smoking was the commonest risk factor found in 69.7% of patients. The most frequent symptom was cough (86.4%) followed by loss of weight and appetite (65.6%) and dyspnea (64.5%). The most common radiological presentation was a mass lesion (55%). The most common histopathological type was squamous cell carcinoma (47.9%), followed by adenocarcinoma (28.1%) and small cell carcinoma (12.5%). Distant metastasis at presentation was seen in 53.1% patients. Among the haematological abnormalities, anaemia was seen in 61.4% of patients, leucocytosis in 36.4%, thrombocytosis in 14.5% and eosinophilia in 19.7% of patients. Haematological abnormalities were more commonly seen in non small cell lung cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Squamous cell carcinoma was found to be the most common histopathological type and smoking still remains the major risk factor for lung cancer. Haematological abnormalities are frequently observed in lung cancer patients, anaemia being the commonest of all.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India E-mail : dr_archana82@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Archana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baburao
authors.forename: Huliraj
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Narayanswamy
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies