Epidemiology, site-specific characteristics and survival of carcinosarcoma: a retrospective study based on SEER database.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Carcinosarcoma (CS) is a rare and biphasic malignancy characterised by a highly invasive biological nature and poor prognosis. This study explored the epidemiology, site-specific characteristics and survival outcome of CS.

Design

We conducted a retrospective study in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database (1975-2018) for primary CS.

Setting and participants

SEER database includes publicly available information from regional and state cancer registries in the US centres. A total of 5042 CS patients were identified. We selected the top five anatomic CS (uterus, double adnexa, lung, bladder and breast) patients for further analysis.

Primary outcome measures

Incidence was estimated by geographical region, age, sex, race, stage and

SUBMITTER: Tang LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729011 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature