Profil anatomopathologique du cancer du poumon en Tunisie. A propos de 869 cas

ABSTRACT

To establish the pathologic profile of broncho-pulmonary carcinoma, 869 cases were retrospectively collected. Mean age was 60, 1 years [range 13-98 years], with men predominating [10, 3 male [M] /1 female [F]. This sex-ratio was less than one recorded in 1994 [11, 5 M / 1 F], and then the question is Is the womanly broncho-pulmonary carcinoma on the increase, in Tunisia women and 3,9% of men were aged less than 41 years, but sex ratio was 2,4M / 1F. They represented 5, 1% of all cases. Such result differs from reports in the literature [1- 3,4%]. In histological data, we noted that adenocarcinoma is actually more frequent than epidermoid carcinoma. Its ratio increased from 15, 3% in 1994 to 30, 3% in 2003, whereas, epidermoid carcinoma's ratio decreased from 42, 8% to 29, 5%. The relationship tobacco- different histological type of broncho-pulmonary carcinoma was clearly observed, varying between 90, 6% [adenocarcinoma] and 100% [large cell carcinoma]