Surgical outcomes of pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma: A review of 41 cases.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a rare cancer that occurs primarily in younger patients. The prognostic factors of pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma are largely undetermined, especially in elderly patients. The aim of this study was to examine the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors influencing survival after surgical resection in patients with pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma and also analyze the clinical manifestations and prognostic factors in elderly patients.

Materials and methods

The pathological records of 41 pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma patients (mean age, 61.4 years) who underwent surgical resection at our hospital between January 1991 and July 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. Subjects >65 years of age (n = 22) were conside

SUBMITTER: Hsieh CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5413008 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature