Lung cancer in Iraq

ABSTRACT

344 pulmonary and bronchogenic cancers seen and treated in the Medical City Hospital Baghdad were reviewed using the WHO classification. About 50% were squamous cell carcinomas, 25% small cell undifferentiated and 13% adenocarcinomas. The latter were more common in females and young individuals. The relative rarity of adenocarcinomas in Iraq is contrary to recent reports from other countries, where this histological type is said to be on the increase