Results of Bronchoplastic Procedures for Bronchogenic Carcinoma*

Bronchoplastic procedures for central carcinoid tumors: clinical experience.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the short-term and the long-term results of bronchoplastic resections (BR) performed for central carcinoid tumors (CCT). METHODS Retrospective study of patients who underwent BR for a CCT between 1966 and 2003. RESULTS BRs were performed in 25 patients out of 92 (27%) who were resected for CCT. Median age was 37 years. All patients were symptomatic. Preoperative bronch...

Survival in Bronchogenic Carcinoma

COMMUNICATIONSTO THE EDITOR 901 dosis to activity and generalization of the disease seems distinct. Positive tonsillar specimens were fewer than had been reported, but even lower figures have been quoted. These differences might be due to differences in selecting patients, and taking and processing biopsies. In tonsillar specimens, granulomas were sparsely located. Therefore, in some of our cas...

Imaging bronchogenic carcinoma.

Imaging plays an integral role in diagnosing, staging, and following patients with lung cancer. Most lung tumors are detected on chest radiographs, but unfortunately, the majority of patients have advanced stage disease at presentation. There is a wide spectrum of radiologic manifestations of lung cancer, and recognition of these findings is essential for patient management. As we continue to u...

Primary Bronchogenic Carcinoma

(Late House Physician, Medical College Hospital, and Honorary Assistant, Pathology Department, Medical College, Calcutta) In recent medical literature we find an unusually large number of reports of primary carcinoma of the lung. This undoubtedly shows a gradually increasing frequency of the disease. Not very long ago, primary carcinoma of the lung was looked upon as a rarity and Adler (1912) c...

Bronchogenic Carcinoma in Women.