Clinicopathological study of primary lung carcinomas at Kawasaki Medical School Hospital *
A clinicopathologic analysis of 294 surgical cases of primary lung carcinomas experienced in the Department of Pathology, Kawasaki Medical School Hospital, between 1986 and 1995 was carried out. Special references were made to histological types, their yearly change and age and sex distribution. The present results were compared with previously reported results from autopsy cases. In our hospital, adenocarcinomas were the most common type of lung carcinoma and they rapidly increased to in number reach a plateau in the last two to three years. In contrast, small cell carcinoma cases have gradually increased and have shown a marked male predominance, which is characteristic in our institute, even though such male predominance is rather universal. (Accepted on March 10, 1997) Kawasaki Igakkaishi 23(1) 1-5 , 1997
