SCREENING FOR CHEST PATHOLOGY USING MASS X-RAY SURVEY TECHNIC
Authors: G H GOWEN, B FRANK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 January 1952SCREENING FOR CHEST PATHOLOGY USING MASS X-RAY SURVEY TECHNICG. HOWARD GOWEN, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., BERNARD FRANK, B.S.G. HOWARD GOWEN, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, BERNARD FRANK, B.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-36-1-138 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOverholt and Atwell,1in discussing early cancer of the lung, state that there are no pathognomonic symptoms or group of symptoms, no characteristic physical signs and no typical progression of symptoms or signs. When symptoms do occur, they are typical of those produced by the common respiratory diseases. If the tumor has reached the point where it calls attention by the presence of symptoms such as persistent cough, chest discomfort, wheezing and hemoptysis, it is commonly incurable. The period when lung cancer is usually discoverable and curable is the so-called "silent phase." At this time the tumor has not yet...Bibliography1. OverholtAtwell RHSW: Cancer of the lung, 1950, American Cancer Society, Inc. Google Scholar2. Texas Cancer Coordinating Council: The diagnosis of lung cancer, Cancer Bulletin (Texas ed.) 1: 5 (March-April) 1949. Google Scholar3. Primary cancer of the lung; Cancer, a Manual for Practitioners, 2nd Ed., 1950, Massachusetts Division, American Cancer Society, Inc. Google Scholar4. OchsnerDeBakeyDixon AMJL: Primary cancer of the lung, J. A. M. A. 135: 321 (Oct. 11) 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Gowen GH: The tuberculosis x-ray survey as a medium for early diagnosis of chest malignancy, Illinois M. J. 100: 257-262 (Oct.) 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. Banyai AL: Metastatic tumors of the lung, Dis. of Chest. 17: 681 (June) 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. BoucotCooper KRDA: A critical evaluation of mass roentgen surveys, J. A. M. A. 142: 1255 (April 22) 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Boucot KR: Mass surveys in case-finding techniques for pulmonary neoplasms, A. M. W. A. J. 3: 485 (Dec.) 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication January 3, 1951. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCelebrating the ACP Centennial: From the Annals Archive—Lung Cancer ScreeningDeborah Cotton, MD, MPH, Deputy EditorPROGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER DETECTED IN COMMUNITY‐WIDE TUBERCULOSIS SURVEYS: AN ANALYSIS OF 906 CASESA review of detection methods for the early diagnosis of lung cancerA review and study of cardiovascular disease screening with the miniature chest X-rayMetastatic Manifestations as Presenting Symptoms of Primary Cancer of the LungMalignant Neoplastic Disease Discovered in Chest X-Ray Surveys 1 January 1952Volume 36, Issue 1Page: 138-145KeywordsLung and intrathoracic tumorsPulmonary diseasesSigns and symptomsThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...