BRONCHIOGENIC CARCINOMA; AN ANALYSIS OF 343 CASES
Authors: R K HOLLINGSWORTH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Article1 March 1947BRONCHIOGENIC CARCINOMA; AN ANALYSIS OF 343 CASESR. K. HOLLINGSWORTH, M.D., F.A.C.S.R. K. HOLLINGSWORTH, M.D., F.A.C.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-3-377 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPrior to 1933 when Graham reported the first successful pneumonectomy for bronchiogenic carcinoma, the disease was considered rare. Diagnostic methods were inadequate, there was no curative treatment and interest in the subject was entirely academic. Hundreds of successful pneumonectomies have now been performed by many surgeons. But a careful study of large groups of cases reveals an appalling and unnecessarily low incidence of operability. There are, unfortunately, two periods of delay during which periods the patient may forfeit his chance for cure. The first is between the onset of symptoms and medical consultation and the second is that between the...Bibliography1. OCHSNERDIXONDEBAKEY ADJLM: Primary bronchiogenic carcinoma, Dis. Chest, 1945, xi, 97. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. RIENHOFF WF: The present status of the treatment of primary cancer of the lung, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1944, cxxvi, 1123-1128. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Symposium on Bronchiogenic Carcinoma, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin., 1944, xix, 14. HARRINGTON, S. W.: Introduction, p. 353. TINNEY, W. S.: Clinical features of bronchiogenic carcinoma, p. 354. MOERSCH, H. J.: Diagnostic aspects of bronchiogenic carcinoma, p. 357. BRINDLEY, G. V.: Surgical aspects of bronchiogenic carcinoma, p. 361. CLAGETT, O. T.: Discussion. Google Scholar4. KLEPSER RG: Unpublished data. Google Scholar5. GRAHAM EA: Personal communication. Google Scholar6. GRAHAM EA: Indications for total pneumonectomy, Dis. Chest, 1944, x, 87. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. OVERHOLT RH: A common masquerading lung disease, Dis. Chest, 1943, ix, 197. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Washington, D. C.*Received for publication May 21, 1946.From The Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited by‘Our Strike’: Equality, Anticolonial Politics and the 1947–48 Railway Strike in French West AfricaCarcinoma of the Lung: Changing Sex Distribution and Histopathologic Cell TypesIncreasing incidence and changing histopathology of primary lung cancer in Japan. A review of 282 autopsied casesIncreasing incidence of adenocarcinoma of the lungMetastasis of bronchogenic carcinoma to the mandibleKlinik der BronchialtumorenThe Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Pulmonary DiseaseI Bronchogenic Carcinoma: Analysis of 201 Proved CasesXIII The Psychic Effect of Hospitalization and Surgical Interventions on ChildrenJaundice with Signs of Extra-Hepatic Obstruction as the Presenting Symptom of Bronchogenic CarcinomaBronchiogenic Carcinoma Masquerading as Other DiseasesThe relationship between the clinical and pathological aspects of bronchial carcinomaPrimary carcinoma of the lung.A clinical study of 1205 cases 1 March 1947Volume 26, Issue 3Page: 377-385KeywordsPneumoniaSurgeonsSurgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...