Histology of lung cancer: experience from a tertiary care centre in South India

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dc.contributor.authorS., Veni Krishnaen_US
dc.contributor.authorJ., Balachandranen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-18T09:57:53Z
dc.date.available2020-11-18T09:57:53Z
dc.date.issued2019-04
dc.description.abstractBackground: Lung cancer is a leading cause of mortality worldwide and is increasing at an alarming rate in developing countries. Inspite of advances in treatment, prognosis of lung cancer is extremely poor. It is because of delayed presentation and difficulty in obtaining histological diagnosis. Histological confirmation is difficult in all cases due to the limited biopsy specimen obtained via bronchscopy / transthroacic biopsy. Primary objective was to study the histology of lung cancer at a tertiary care centre in South India. Secondary objective was to study association between smoking habit and histological type of lung cancerMethods: Cross sectional study conducted at Tertiary teaching hospital, South India in 100 patients with suspected lung cancer. Data on symptoms, smoking status, histological diagnosis were recorded using a structured questionnaire. Statistical analysis was done on the data collected. Chi square test was used to assess the statistical significance.Results: Total 100 lung cancer patients with histopathological diagnosis were included in the study. In the present study, histopathologically 90% of the patients had non-small cell lung cancer and 10% had small cell type of cancer. In male patients squamous cell carcinoma was the most common diagnosis, and majority were smokers. In female most common type was adenocarcinoma (40%).Conclusions: Adenocarcinoma (41.9%) was the commonest histological type in our study and this was the commonest histological type seen in females and nonsmokers.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Travancore Medical College Hospital, Kollam, Kerala, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationS. Veni Krishna, J. Balachandran. Histology of lung cancer: experience from a tertiary care centre in South India. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 2019 Apr; 7(4): 1196-1199en_US
dc.identifier.issn2320-6071
dc.identifier.issn2320-6012
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/211165
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber4en_US
dc.relation.volume7en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20191324en_US
dc.subjectHistologyen_US
dc.subjectLung canceren_US
dc.subjectMolecular pathologyen_US
dc.titleHistology of lung cancer: experience from a tertiary care centre in South Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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