Characteristics of the incidence of bronchogenic carcinoma in extreme age groups
Escudero Bueno, C.; García Clemente, M.; Molinos Martín, L.; Palicio Sopeña, J.; Martínez Múñiz, M.; Martínez González-Rio, J.
Revista Clinica Espanola 185(2): 65-68
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0014-2565 PMID: 2772349 Document Number: 337328
The protocols of 852 patients with bronchogenic carcinoma (BC) were reviewed in order to establish its chacteristics in the most extreme age groups in which it appears: group I, patients aged 40 years or younger (18 cases), and group II, patients aged 80 or older (19 cases). No differences were found in the relation men/women, time elapsed from the beginning of symptoms to diagnosis, staging and survival. The differentiating characters included the greater incidence of thoracic pain, microcytic carcinoma, surgery possibilities and therapeutic attitude in group I, and the predominance of scamous cell carcinoma in group II. The continuous and intense exposure to tobacco smoke is common in both groups.