An analysis of 220 cases with lung cancer detected by bronchoscopy

Objective:To study the clinical characteristics of lung cancer related to the tumor location,age,gender and pathology of patients bronchoscopically.Methods:The clinical findings of 220 cases with lung cancer detected by bronchoscopy from 2008 to 2011 were studied retrospectively.Results:Of the total 1126 cases bronchoscope,220 cases were detected as lung cancer pathologically;the detection rate of lung cancer was 19.5%.The age ranged from 19 to 80 years old with an average age of 60.11 years old.The majority of the patients(146 cases,66.36%) diagnosed as lung cancer were in their ages of 51 to 70 years old.The ratio of male-to-female in total was 3.89:1.It showed that the older the higher incidence of the dis∶ease in male.The ratio of male to female in young patients(11 cases) and old patients(113 cases) was 1.2∶1 and 6.53:1 respectively.The majority of pathological type of lung cancer was squamous cell carcinoma(104 cases).It appeared as a high percentage(92 cases,52.67%)in male group.On the contrast,Adenocarcinoma of the female patients reached to 14 cases(31.11%).The tumor located in right lung and upper lobe was much more than left lung and lower lobe in both male and female.Conclusion:Bronchoscopy was much helpful in diagnosis of the lung cancer.The age,pathology and tumor location of the lung cancer were different with gender.