Clinical Characteristics of Slowly Growing Lung Cancer: 6 Case-Series Evaluation.

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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Nam, Hae Seong¹  Yang, Dong Hyuk¹  Kim, Jeong Soo¹  Kim, Hyun Jung¹  Yi, Hyeon Gyu²  Lee, Kyung Hee³  Cho, Jae Hwa¹  Yoon, Yong Han⁴  Kwak, Seung Min¹  Lee, Hong Lyeol¹  Kim, Kwang Ho⁴  Ryu, Jeong Seon¹ 

[1] Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Inha University Hospital, College of Medicine, Inha University;Division of Hematooncology, Departments of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, College of Medicine, Inha University;Division of Radiology, and Inha University Hospital, College of Medicine, Inha University;Division of Thoracic Surgery, Inha University Hospital, College of Medicine, Inha University

关键词: Lung Neoplasm;    Adenocarcinoma;    Slow Growth;   

DOI  :  10.4046/trd.2010.68.3.180

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

【 摘 要 】

Slowly growing lung cancers are quite rare and the leading cause of length time bias and over-diagnosis bias in lung cancer screening. We report 6 cases of slowly growing lung cancer in a tertiary hospital between January 1999 and December 2008. The clinical characteristics of these 6 cases with slowly growing lung cancer were examined. The median age at diagnosis was 68 years (range, 49~72), and 5 patients (83%) were female. The most common histology type was adenocarcinoma (83%). After excluding two patients who showed no change in the tumor size, the median tumor doubling time was 189 months (range, 86~387). The proportion of patients with slowly growing lung cancer appears to be particularly large in women, especially among patients with adenocarcinoma. Our experience shows that slowly growly lung cancers are more heterogeneous and diverse.

【 授权许可】

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