Outcomes of surgically managed primary lung sarcomas: a National Cancer Database analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary lung sarcoma (PLS) represents a rare form of lung cancer with outcomes that are poorly defined by small datasets. We sought to characterize clinical and pathological characteristics and associated survival within the surgically managed subgroup of these unusual pulmonary malignancies.

Methods

We performed a retrospective analysis of the National Cancer Database (NCDB), which was queried for cases of surgically managed PLS diagnosed between 2004-2014. Adjusted mortality was evaluated in a multivariable Cox proportional hazards model and compared to surgically manage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients from the same time period.

Results

A total of 695 patients with surgically managed PLS were identified with 37 different histologic subtypes. T

SUBMITTER: Li AX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8264694 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature