Drukin E Ia, Karaseva N A
Vestn Khir Im I I Grek. 1985 Sep;135(9):14-7.
An analysis of long-term (5 years) results of treatment of 444 patients with peripheral lung cancer has shown that in adenocarcinoma the tumor size is of no significance for prognosis of the disease while in squamous cell carcinoma of more than 5 cm diameter the prognosis is significantly worse (almost 2 times). Since the squamous cell carcinoma is known to be the less biologically active form of lung carcinomas the authors consider that the main task is the organization of measures for early detection of this kind of tumors less than 5 cm in diameter.
对444例周围型肺癌患者的长期（5年）治疗结果分析表明，在腺癌中，肿瘤大小对疾病预后无显著意义，而在直径超过5 cm的鳞状细胞癌中，预后明显更差（几乎差2倍）。由于已知鳞状细胞癌是肺癌中生物学活性较低的类型，作者认为主要任务是组织措施以早期发现直径小于5 cm的此类肿瘤。
