[Demonstration of skeletal metastases using the bone marrow biopsy and the radiographic skeletal survey within the scope of pretherapeutic diagnosis in bronchial carcinoma].

In the course of pretherapeutic diagnostics of bronchogenic carcinoma, bone marrow biopsy revealed in ten out of 116 patients (9%) and radiographic skeletal survey in 16 out of 62 patients (26%) metastases to the skeleton. The two methods are complementary with reference to anaplastic and oat-cell carcinomas. On account of our experiences, we never fail to control the skeleton before the beginning of a local curative therapy in bronchial carcinoma.