Mass Screening for Lung Cancer by Sputum Cytology

Diagnosis of roentgenographically occult lung cancer by sputum cytology.

The specialty has the knowledge and technology to change the outcome of lung cancer. Lung cancer, diagnosed in early stages, is as curable as all other cancers. Sputum cytology is the initial step in diagnosing roentgenographically occult lung cancer. Sputum cytology is complementary to CT scanning. Sputum cytology identifies small central lesions, and CT scanning discovers peripheral tiny aden...

Time and place for sputum cytology in the diagnosis of lung cancer.

Despite ready access to medical care 91% of patients dying of lung cancer derived from a population of just under 400 000 are shown to have presented too late for other than palliative treatment. As the incidence and death rates from lung cancer in the district were very similar, few survivors can be expected. Morphological confirmation of the diagnosis was available in 96% of cases. The first ...

The Importance of Sputum Cytology in the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

Study objective: To assess the potential health and cost effects of initial testing with sputum cytology to diagnose lung cancer. Design: Cost-effectiveness analysis. Data sources: Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program; cost data from Northern California Kaiser Permanente Hospitals and Universities of Stanford and Iowa; National Center for Health Statistics; and a MEDLINE sea...

The diagnosis of primary lung cancer with special reference to sputum cytology.

Of 2,545 in-patients with primary lung cancer, pathological proof of the diagnosis was obtained by sputum cytology in 48%, by bronchoscopy in 32%, by biopsy from miscellaneous sites in 12%, and at thoracotomy or necropsy only in 19%. The diagnosis was made solely on clinical and radiological evidence in 8%. One or more satisfactory specimens of sputum from 2,035 patients gave a positivity rate ...

Smoking, sputum, and lung cancer.