Hemocoagulant properties of the lung parenchyma affected by a malignant process

Abstract

We investigated the hemocoagulating properties of extracts of tumor tissue and lung parenchyma around malignant growth, taken during surgery from 16 patients aged 36 to 57 years, who were operated on for adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. At the same time, extracts of 16 lungs from corpses were studied in people of the corresponding age and sex who died from diseases not associated with the defeat of the respiratory system.