Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector7581910.17816/kazmj75819Review Article0 pulmonary cancer in minersKolachevA. A.<p>Head of Therapeutic Department</p>info@eco-vector.comShakhty city hospital named after V. I. Lenin151219373312141914230707202107072021Copyright © 1937, Eco-Vector1937<p>The theory of the occurrence of pulmonary cancer due to chronic irritation and inflammation of the respiratory tract, in particular, on the basis of pneumoconiosis, is currently receiving great attention. The basis for this view was a number of histopathological studies, which revealed epithelial proliferation and metaplastic changes in the bronchial mucosa and alveolar epithelium (Askanazi, Shmorl, Fried, Davidovsky) in chronic inflammatory processes and pneumoconiosis, i.e., a pre-carcinomatous state.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив