Lung cancer at Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, 1974-1983.
| dc.contributor.author | Pushpakom, Rungsun | |
| dc.contributor.author | Charoenratanakul, Suchai | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-05-14T04:43:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-05-14T04:43:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1987-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This report is based on a retrospective analysis of 1,078 lung cancer patients treated at Siriraj Hospital during 1974-1983. Of the 565 histologically proven patients, 79.17 percent were men (M:F = 3.8:1). The sex ratio was conspicouous (M:F = 10.5:1) in cases with small-cell type. The highest tumor frequency for both sexes was in the age groups 51-60 years (35.93%) and 61-70 years (30.80%) respectively. The youngest patient was an 18 year-old girl with adenocarcinoma, and the oldest was an 82-year-old man with squamous-cell carcinoma. There was no statistical difference between the mean age of patients with various cell types. Adenocarcinoma was highly prevalent (32.39%) in the present series. Second and third in frequency were squamous-cell carcinoma (29.20%) and undifferentiated cell carcinoma (13.45%). The incidence of small-cell carcinoma was 8.14 percent, large-cell type was seen in one instance (0.17%); 7.08 percent remained unclassified. A history of cigarette smoking was noted in 86.73 percent. Among the 13.27 percent who were non-smokers, adenocarcinoma comprised the highest rate (30.77%) as compared to other cell types. Specific treatment was instituted in 63.81 percent of the cases, via: surgery 10.84 percent, radiotherapy 23.64 percent, chomothorapy 21.69 percent, and combined treatments 22.12 percent. Data on results of treatment were not available owing to the lack of follow-up records. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Pushpakom Rungsun, Charoenratanakul Suchai. Lung cancer at Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, 1974-1983. Siriraj Medical Journal, 1987 Feb; 39(2): 67-73. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/138350 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.source.uri | https://www.sirirajmedj.com/content_download.php?content_id=1219 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Lung cancer | en_US |
| dc.title | Lung cancer at Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, 1974-1983. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |