A Statistical Study on Patients with Early Lung Cancer and Long-Term Survivors in Chugoku and Shikoku District

Abstract

A study based on questionaires was carried out in 95 hospitals to obtain informations on patients with early lung cancer and longterm (over 5 years) survivors in Chugoku and Shikoku district.
As a result of analysis, 56 patients with early lung cancer in 21 hospitals and 109 patients with over 5 years survivor in 18 hospitals were recognized.
In 56 patients with early lung cancer, peripheral type and adenocarcinoma were dominated.
In 109 patients with over 5 years survivor, there were 57 Stage I cases (52%), stage II cases 20 (18%) and 55 epidermoidcarcinomas (51%), therefore prognosis depending both to clinical staging and histological typing.
In above survivors, 98 cases were resected and 11 cases were irradiated without resection. 25 cases survived over 10 years with maximum 16 years.