CLINICAL PROFILE OF PRIMARY LUNG CANCER AND ROLE OF BRONCHOSCOPY

Abstract

Bharate R. T, Mhaisekar D. G, Jadhav S. R

INTRODUCTION: Cancer is a Latin word meaning "A CRAB". The Greek word for a crab is "KARKINES" and Sanskrit word is "KARKARA” . (1) Lung cancer is one of the commonest fatal neoplastic diseases in the world. It is at the first place at central and North India and at second place at south India. It is estimated that, every year in India, about 30,000 new lung cancer cases are registered.

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