Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma (PSC) is a kind of rare lung cancer. We aim to analyze the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of patients with PSC.

Methods

From January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2015, 119 patients in the Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences were diagnosed with PSC, and they received treatment. We retrospectively collected information on gender, age, body mass index (BMI), symptoms, family history, smoking history, tumor size, tumor location, tumor diameter, tumor-node-metastasis (TNM), pathological type, and other factors to analyze the relationship between these factors and 1-, 3-, 5-year, and overall survival (OS).

Results

Male patients who had a smoking history (n=76) comprised the main group of PSC. Median pati

SUBMITTER: Zhao C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9641323 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature