The diagnosis of primary lung cancer with special reference to sputum cytology

AUTOR(ES)

Oswald, N. C.

RESUMO

Of 2,545 in-patients with primary lung cancer, pathological proof of the diagnosis was obtained by sputum cytology in 48%, by bronchoscopy in 32%, by biopsy from miscellaneous sites in 12%, and at thoracotomy or necropsy only in 19%. The diagnosis was made solely on clinical and radiological evidence in 8%.

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