261 cases of bronchopulmonary cancer detected by radiophotography
Ionescu, N.
Revista de Igiena Bacteriologie Virusologie Parazitologie Epidemiologie Pneumoftiziologie. Pneumoftiziologia 26(2): 107-109
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0377-5011 PMID: 195323 Document Number: 111245
In Bucharest, district 6, of the 1 151 313 radiophotographies performed, 261 revealed bronchopulmonary cancers (22.6 per 10 000) of which 73% males and 27% females, the 50--70 years age group being the most affected (181 cases, i.e. 70%). The 85% deaths occurred within 2 years after detection. In 68% (177 cases) cancer was peripheral and in 32% centrohillar. The peripheral localization in 68% of the cases opens prospects for an early detection by dynamic follow up of the pulmonary radiophotography at shorter intervals, especially in the age group with a higher cancer risk (50--70 years), indicating in some cases immediate admission to a surgical department.