Phipps J H, Horslen S, Madden F J
J Laryngol Otol. 1986 Aug;100(8):977-8. doi: 10.1017/s002221510010043x.
Carcinoma of the trachea is rare in comparison to other neoplasms of the respiratory tract. Cigarette smoking has been implicated in its aetiology, but unlike carcinoma of the bronchus and lung, the incidence of tracheal carcinoma has not risen with tobacco consumption (Hajdu et al., 1970; Ranke et al., 1962). It seems, then, that there is some mechanism or mechanisms which render the trachea especially resistant to malignant change.
与呼吸道的其他肿瘤相比，气管癌较为罕见。吸烟被认为与其病因有关，但与支气管癌和肺癌不同的是，气管癌的发病率并未随烟草消费量的增加而上升（哈伊杜等人，1970年；兰克等人，1962年）。那么，似乎存在某种或某些机制使气管对恶性变化具有特殊的抵抗力。
