Abstract
During the period 1931-1964 197 cases of primary lung carcinoma were diagnosed in Iceland. Lung carcinoma is on the increase and a definite correlation is found with the sale of cigarettes in the country. The incidence among women is high, especially in urban areas. Surgery was performed on 55 patients: 31 exploratory thoracotomies, 24 resections. Mortality rate was 3.2 per cent in the group of exploratory thoracotomies and 4.2 per cent in the resected series. There is a preponderance of oat-cell carcinoma (33.6 per cent) and undifferentiated carcinoma (34.5 per cent) in this series. Squamous cell carcinoma was found in only 19.8 per cent. Prognosis is most favorable for patients with squamous cell carcinoma; 48 per cent were resected and 70 per cent of those are now living two to five and one-half years later.
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