A 20-Year Review of 75 Cases of Salivary Duct Carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Salivary duct carcinoma is a rare, aggressive malignancy of the salivary glands. Owing to its rare nature, clinical data are limited, and only a few clinical studies comprise more than 50 patients.

Objective

To review the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's experience with salivary duct carcinoma over a 20-year period, focusing on demographics, presentation, treatment, and outcome.

Design, setting, and participants

This investigation was a retrospective cohort study in a multihospital institution with tertiary referral. A pathology database was reviewed for all cases of histopathologically diagnosed salivary duct carcinoma from January 1, 1995, to October 20, 2014. Patients who were referrals for pathology review only and were never seen at the instit

SUBMITTER: Gilbert MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5033043 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature