BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA—A CLINICAL-PATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF 36 AUTOPSIED CASES SEEN AT THE BROOKLYN CANCER INSTITUTE BETWEEN 1937 AND 1945, INCLUSIVE
Authors: W A HENKIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Article1 August 1947BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA—A CLINICAL-PATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF 36 AUTOPSIED CASES SEEN AT THE BROOKLYN CANCER INSTITUTE BETWEEN 1937 AND 1945, INCLUSIVEWILLIAM A. HENKIN, M.D.WILLIAM A. HENKIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-27-2-243 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn recent years, because of its undoubted increase in incidence and because early recognition may lead to cure by pneumonectomy, bronchogenic carcinoma has become an increasingly important clinical entity.This report is based on the study of a series of 36 autopsied cases of bronchogenic carcinoma seen at the Brooklyn Cancer Institute between 1937 and 1945.INCIDENCEThe literature of the past 10 years is replete with references to the question: Has a real increase in lung cancer been proved? 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