Cancer of the lung among nonsmokers. Special reference to histologic patterns
โ Scribed by Ernest L. Wynder; John W. Berg
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1967
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 886 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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โฆ Synopsis
Primary lung cancer is an uncommon disease in a nonsmoking population. The purpose of the present investigation has been to study the history of lung cancer patients who were nonsmokers to determine possible exogenous or endogenous factors that might be of etiological significance. The authors reviewed routine histologic diagnosis made by staff pathologists in an effort to impose uniform diagnostic criteria. ETROSPECTIVE STUDIES HAVE REPORTED REL-R atively few cases of pulmonary cancer among nonsmokers. The percentage of nonsmokers reported among male patients having cancer of the lung has ranged from 0.5% to From the Division of Environmental Cancerigenesis,
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