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CA Cancer J Clin 1952; 2:92-96
doi: 10.3322/canjclin.2.3.92
© 1952 American Cancer Society
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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 2, 92-96, Copyright © 1952 by American Cancer Society

Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer of the Lung

Richard H. Overholt M.D.1 and Francis M. Woods M.D.1

1 Tufts College Medical School, the New England Deaconess Hospital and the New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Primary carcinoma of the lung presents a unique and challenging problem. Of all internal cancers, it is the most detectable because of the ease of screening the chest radiologically. Surgical exploration is the surest, safest, and most direct method of establishing the diagnosis. When cancer of the lung is treated promptly after discovery in its silent form, the majority of the lesions are still localized and favorable for cure.






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