Lung cancer. Difference in age at diagnosis between men and women.

The analysis of a data file comprising 776 lung cancer patients from the Tumor Registry at a 705-bed community hospital in New Jersey reveals that women are diagnosed with squamous cell and large cell lung cancer at an earlier age than men.

The role of modeling methods in medical diagnosis.

Modeling methods in medical diagnosis are concerned with medical information processing as it pertains to utilizing biological modeling methods to facilitate patient care. Major considerations in this particular area are (1) the classification problem related to the establishment of disease entities-the taxonomy problem, and (2) the diagnosis of diseases. Available are properties, criteria, signs, symptoms, and manifestations of diseases that have been cumulated and categorized by clinicians and researchers.

On the diagnosis of minimal breast cancer in a screenee population.

As a result of screening of 8100 consecutive volunteers, 67 breast cancers have been detected. Fourteen percent of these cancers were found in women aged 35-44 years. Eighty percent of the cancers found in this age group were minimal breast cancer.