Primary Bronchogenic Carcinoma

نویسنده

  • S. C. Seal
چکیده

(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) could collect reports of only 374 cases for his monograph. But within the last few years there has been an enormous increase in the incidence of such cases, so much so, that it is now regarded everywhere not as a rare

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دوره 67  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017