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F Whitwell

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PubMed1978

Use of BCG as an immunostimulant in the surgical treatment of carcinoma of lung: a five-year follow-up report.

Sixty consecutive surviving patients treated with subdermal BCG (5 X 10(6) organisms) have been followed up for five years after resection of lung carcinoma. A control group of the previous 60 consecutive surviving patients not treated with BCG was similarly studied. We found no statistical evidence that the administration of BCG by the method described influenced the five-year survival rate, nor has any effective action upon involved lymph nodes or small metastases been demonstrated.

Aged↗
PubMed1976

Pulmonary blastoma.

Pulmonary blastoma is now accepted as a distinctive neoplasm. It remains rare, and only 28 cases have been reliably recorded. A further two cases are now reported, and the previous literature is reviewed. There are no specific clinical or radiological features of pulmonary blastoma. The presentation can be that of any other pulmonary tumour although a peripheral situation is usual and a large size is often attained before detection. Pulmonary blastoma is a mixed tumour with malignant epithelial and connective tissue components with a distinctive resemblance to fetal lung. The treatment of choice is surgical excision but the overall prognosis is poor. It is doubtful whether the tumour has a true blastomatous origin.

Adolescent↗