title: [Primary tracheal carcinoma--report of 5 patients].
abstract: From 1980 through 1985, 5 patients with primary tracheal carcinoma were admitted to Human Cancer Hospital, comprising 0.024% of total admissions during the same period. The incidence of lung cancer and laryngeal cancer was 386 and 43 times as high as that of tracheal carcinoma. All were proved pathologically. 3 patients were given radical operation, followed by radiotherapy; 1 received radiotherapy plus chemotherapy and the other, chemotherapy alone. All three patients treated by operation plus radiotherapy survived for more than 3 years and 2 of them are still alive. Diagnosis, causes and avoidance of misdiagnosis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Hunan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Changsha.
authors.forename: H Q
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D000328:Adult; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010212:Papilloma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy