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F. L. MENDEZ, JR., MD; E. R. P. MAURER, MD; HERMAN A. FRECKMAN, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1963;87(1):147-153.

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Introduction

In an informative article written during 1957, Budinger² concluded with the following statement:

That such a large series of terminal patients is easily accumulated testifies to the subtlety of bronchogenic carcinoma and perhaps to the failure of patient education in this group. At present, the great majority of patients with lung cancer at Boston City Hospital are seen too late to permit an attempt at definitive therapy.

Hayward⁵ made the following observation:... if a hint that surgical successes are few creeps in [the literature], it is fashion to counter it by a call for earlier diagnosis, thus creating the impression that this will correct the position. I... do not believe that earlier diagnosis [of lung cancer] will increase surgical "cures" to a really significant percentage.... surgery of carcinoma of the lung is depressing.... The idea that more extensive operations or more powerful X-ray machines will go an . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CINCINNATI

Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine (Dr. Maurer).; Director of Chemotherapy, Christ Hospital and Bethesda Hospital (Dr. Freckman).

Footnotes
Presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Chicago, Feb 21-23, 1963.

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