[Scar cancer and rib fractures. Causality or coincidence?]

Chiarelli P, P Chiarelli, Carrara M, M Carrara
La Radiologia medica · 1979 · vol. 65(4) , pp. 235–40 · PMID:550198
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Analysis of lung carcinoma cases found that 21.6% of patients had a history of thoracic trauma with or without rib fractures, providing data relevant to the scar cancer theory.

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Abstract

On consulting our archives in order to give a casuistic contribution to the scar-cancer theory, we have met with a new datum: in 60 patients affected with a lung carcinoma, 13 of these, i.e. 21.6%, had suffered with a previous thoracic trauma with or without rib fractures.

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Cicatrix Lung Neoplasms Rib Fractures Aged Cicatrix Female Humans Lung Diseases Lung Diseases Lung Neoplasms Lung Neoplasms Male Middle Aged Rib Fractures Sclerosis

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