Behaviour and survival of high-grade neuroendocrine carcinomas of the lung.
Summary of "Behaviour and survival of high-grade neuroendocrine carcinomas of the lung."
INTRODUCTION:
Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma is an aggressive variant of large-cell carcinoma of the lung, which has poor survival in most series, resembling that of small-cell lung carcinoma. We report our retrospective assessment of surgically-resected cases of both tumours.
METHODS:
33 large-cell neuroendocrine carcinomas and 16 peripheral small-cell lung carcinomas were reassessed retrospectively. Survival rates of both tumours in surgically-resected cases were calculated and compared using Kaplan-Meier survival curves and Log Rank test, respectively.
RESULTS:
In large-cell neuroendocrine carcinomas, there were 25 patients with pathologic stage I, 4 with pathologic stage II and 4 with pathologic stage III. In small-cell lung carcinomas, there were 6 patients with pathologic stage I, 3 with pathologic stage II and 7 with pathologic stage III. 12% of large-cell neuroendocrine carcinomas and 62.5% of small-cell lung carcinomas were of advanced disease. The mean follow-up was 89 months. The actuarial survival for the 2 groups was not significantly different.
CONCLUSION:
Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinomas of the lung have poor prognosis even in early stages, with survival rates similar to that of small-cell lung carcinomas.
Affiliation
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Avda. de Valdecilla 25, 39008 Santander (Cantabria), Spain.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Respiratory medicine
ISSN: 1532-3064
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Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20810262
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2010.08.007
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Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine
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Leukemia, Mast-cell
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Carcinoma, Medullary
A carcinoma composed mainly of epithelial elements with little or no stroma. Medullary carcinomas of the breast constitute 5%-7% of all mammary carcinomas; medullary carcinomas of the thyroid comprise 3%-10% of all thyroid malignancies. (From Dorland, 27th ed; DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1141; Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
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