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Lung scar cancer—a reappraisal |
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| Authors: | L McDonnell and JP Long |
| Affiliation: | .Department of Pathology, St Vincent''s Hospital, Dublin 4;.Department of Thoracic Medicine, St Vincent''s Hospital, Dublin 4 |
| Abstract: | A retrospective clinicopathological study of 100 necropsy cases of lung carcinoma revealed three scar cancers. The scarring in a further 11 probably occurred secondary to the tumour. The premise that lung scars initiate malignancy is questioned. |
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