[A study on low grade malignant tumors arisen in the trachea and the bronchus].
Twelve patients who suffered from low grade malignant tumors arisen in the trachea and the bronchus (6 of carcinoid, 4 of mucoepidermoid carcinoma, and 2 of adenoid cystic carcinoma) underwent surgical treatment from 1977 to 1996 in our department. Operations included 1 sleeve resection of the trachea, 1 patch plasty of the trachea, 3 sleeve lobectomies, and 7 lobectomies. Lymph node dissection was performed in 9 of 12 cases. Metastases in lymph nodes were not found in all 12 cases. Five year survival rate of low grade malignant tumors arisen in the trachea and the bronchus was 78.8% and better than that of stage I lung cancers.
Yamazaki
K
K
First Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan.
Kubo
Y
Y
Hirasawa
M
M
Kitada
M
M
Yatsuyanagi
E
E
Moriyama
H
H
Koshiko
S
S
Sugimoto
H
H
Hirata
S
S
Sasajima
T
T
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015996:Survival Rate; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery