Population distribution of histological types of lung cancer: epidemiologic aspects in Israel and review of the literature
Modan, B.
Israel Journal of Medical Sciences 14(7): 771-784
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-2180 PMID: 210148 Document Number: 132212
A nationwide study of lung cancer in Israel during 1968-1970 demonstrated a low to moderate incidence in men and a high incidence in women, as compared with other countries. The sex ratio was relatively lower than expected. This discrepancy results from a low rate of squamous cell carcinoma in men and a high rate of adenocarcinoma in women, and is consistent with similar, previously observed trends in North American Jews from New York [New York, USA], Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania, USA], and Montreal [Canada]. The literature relating to the relative frequencies of various histological subcategories of lung cancer was reviewed and the importance, for etiology and prognosis, of a separate assessment of each distinct cell-type entity was emphasized.