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Tracheal cancer – treatment results, prognostic factors and incidence of other neoplasms Cover

Tracheal cancer – treatment results, prognostic factors and incidence of other neoplasms

Radiology and Oncology
Volume 50 (2016): Issue 4 (December 2016)
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|Sep 2016

Figures & Tables

Patient identification algorithm and inclusion criteria
Patient identification algorithm and inclusion criteria
Overall survival of patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
Overall survival of patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
Overall survival of patients with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, and 2.
Overall survival of patients with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, and 2.
Overall survival in the irradiated (RT) and non-RT group.
Overall survival in the irradiated (RT) and non-RT group.

Distribution of histology types and methods of treatment summary

HistologyNumber of patients
Squamous cell carcinoma37 (63.8%)
Adenoid cystic carcinoma9 (15.5%)
Microcellular carcinoma5 (8.6%)
Non-microcellular carcinoma4 (6.9%)
Adenocarcinoma2 (3.5%)
Papillary carcinoma1 (1.7%)
Methods of treatmentNumber of patients
Radiotherapy25
Radiotherapy + endoscopic resection10
Radiotherapy + surgery4
Radiotherapy + chemotherapy6
Radiotherapy + endoscopic resection
+ chemotherapy3
Endoscopic resection3
Chemotherapy5
Symptomatic2

The characteristics of radiotherapy

Number of patientsTotal dose range (Gy2)Median total dose (Gy2)Mean total dose (Gy2)SD (Gy2)Fraction dose (Gy)Median fraction dose (Gy)Mean fraction dose (Gy)
Radiotherapy4814.0–82.633.245.0±21.51.6–8.02.53.0
Curative23
External beam2342.5–82.666.066.4±8.81.6–3.02.02.0
radiotherapy
Brachytherapy boost312.5–16.016.014.8±2.05.0–6.06.05.6
2418.7–48.524.028.2±7.42.0–8.04.03.7
Palliative
External beam
radiotherapy2018.7–42.023.327.1±5.72.0–4.04.03.4
Brachytherapy
516.0–29.724.023.5±4.96.0–8.06.06.6

The characteristics of other cancers among patients with tracheal cancer (TC)

Patient NoHP of TCYear of diagnosis of TCHP of the other cancerYear of diagnosis of the other cancer
(1)SCC2011Myelodysplastic syndrome2009
(2)SCC2006Larynx cancer - SCC1998
(3)SCC2005Clear cell renal carcinoma2005
(4)SCC2011Thyroid adenocarcinoma1978
(5)ACC2005Lung cancer - SCC2006
(6)Non-micro2013Clear cell renal carcinoma1995
(7)SCC2008Larynx cancer - SCC1999
(8)SCC1999Lung cancer - SCC1995
(9)SCC2003Larynx cancer - SCC2000
(10)Micro2010Prostate cancer - adenocarcinoma2008
(11)SCC2015Breast cancer - mucinous carcinoma2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raon-2016-0046 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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Language: English
Page range: 409 - 417
Submitted on: Jan 29, 2016
Accepted on: Jun 16, 2016
Published on: Sep 8, 2016
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
tracheal cancer,
metachronous neoplasms,
adenoid cystic carcinoma,
squamous cell carcinoma,
radiotherapy
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Haematology, oncology,
Radiology

© 2016 Aleksandra Napieralska, Leszek Miszczyk, Sławomir Blamek, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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