Carcinoma of the lung: five-year experience in a university hospital.

A review of 161 patients who underwent a curative surgical resection for carcinoma of the lung in a University Hospital during a five-year period is presented. Particular reference is made to importance of preoperative staging of lesions; the group of patients with Pancoast's tumor; the group of patients 70 years or older, and the group of patients with impaired pulmonary function.