Clinical analysis of pulmonary carcinosarcoma in 26 cases
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-4497.2012.03.002
- VernacularTitle:26例肺癌肉瘤
- Author:
Yongkai WU
;
Kelin SUN
;
Guiyu CHEN
;
Jie HE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Lung neoplasms;
Carcinosarcoma;
Prognosis;
Pathology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2012;28(3):132-134
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to describe the clinicopathologic characteristics and the survival of pulmonary carcinosarcoma.Methods Clinical data of 26 patients with pulmonary carcinosarcoma who underwent surgical treatment was analyzed retrospectively using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences ( Release 17.0,SPSS,Inc).Survival analysis was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared using the log-rank test.ResultsThe overall 5-year survival rate of the patients was 31.7％.The 5-year survival rate of patients with stage Ⅰ,stage Ⅱ and stage Ⅲ/Ⅳ disease was 69.7％,38.6％ and 9.8％ respectively ( P =0.03 ) Conclusionp-TNM was correlated with survival.Early diagnosis and radical operation is important to the survival of the patients with pulmonary carcinosarcoma.
