[Prognosis for bronchial epidermoid carcinoma treated by surgery--report of 102 cases]

The retrospective study of 102 epidermoid carcinomas of bronchial radically treated by surgery enables a survey of various prognostic factors, assessing the post-operative evolution over 2 years for 98 patients and over 5 years for 68 others. Some signs are ominous: chest pains or a worsening general condition in the preoperative symptomatology. On the other hand, the effect of the delay between the first symptoms and the intervention has not been demonstrated. Two factors, so far not much valued, have also been studied: the condition of the bronchial section of little prognostic value and, on the other hand, the TNM systematic classification which seems valuable for all operated bronchial cancers.