Operated primary bronchial cancer. Study of the survival of 560 patients
Debesse, B.; Priollet, D.; Grenier, G.; Dubost, C.l.; Thomeret, G.
La Nouvelle Presse Medicale 4(37): 2639-2641
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0301-1518 PMID: 1202448 Document Number: 87522
560 patients with primary broncho-pulmonary carcinoma underwent surgery, excision being possible in 78 p. cent. Overall post-operative survival is 29 p. cent at 5 years and 11.5 p. cent at ten years. Among the various prognostic factors, lymph node involvement is the most important. In the most favourable cases, survival at 5 years is 46 p. cent. Such a result shows that the prognosis in primary carcinoma of the lung is not as grim as it is usually said to be.