DOI: 10.36347/sasjm.2020.v06i02.001

Pages: 20-21

Lung cancer is one of the most aggressive and prevalent type of malignancy causing high morbidity and mortality. The main aim of the study is to evaluate the clinical, radiological and pathological profile of lung cancer. Lung cancer was analysed in relation to age, sex and smoking history in 40 histologically diagnosed cases. The M:F ratio was 5:3.The common age group being 40-60 yrs. Smoking still remains to be the most common risk factor in pathogenesis of lung cancer according to this study. Most common radiological presentation was pleural effusion. Squamous cell carcinoma was the most frequent histopathological type followed by adenocarcinoma.