ABSTRACT
During the period from 1973 to 1986, 230 patients with lung cancer were operated on at our Surgical Clinic of Kagoshima University Hospital. There were fourteen patients (6.1%) with lung cancer in the right middle lobe. There were 13 male and 1 female patients. The histological types were adenocarcinoma (10), squamous cell carcinoma (4). Five-year survival rate of 14 patients was 34.9%. Statistically, it was similar to that of the patients with lung cancer in the other lobes. As concerns with the histological type of lung cancer in the right middle lobe, the case of squamous cell carcinoma revealed poorer prognosis than those of adenocarcinoma, because there were many cases of advanced cancer in the former case.
Subject(s)
Lung Neoplasms/surgery , Adenocarcinoma/surgery , Aged , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/surgery , Female , Humans , Lung Neoplasms/mortality , Male , Middle Aged , Neoplasm Staging , Survival RateABSTRACT
Anatomical features exist in an area between the lower end of esophagus and the cardia portion of the stomach. Clinical features of carcinoma located at the cardia should be differentiated from carcinoma of the stomach or the esophagus. Generally, carcinoma of the cardia has been discussed together esophageal cancer or gastric cancer. However it is better to classify into 3 groups, esophagus, cardia and stomach. And it is necessary to establish the different criteria of cardial cancer. Proper statistical treatment of pertinent data will indicate this problem.