title: Epidemiology and treatment of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the minor salivary glands: a meta-analytic study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the epidemiological aspects of adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) and to evaluate the different therapeutic possibilities as well as the percentage of survival.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective, meta-analytic, observational study was carried out by selecting a total of 13 articles, which provided a sample size of 263 cases of patients who had been diagnosed with ACC in the minor salivary glands.
  
  
  RESULTS
  ACC was found to be more common among women (56.5%) and the average age at diagnosis was 55.26 years old. The primary location of the tumor was in the palate in 57% of the cases, the predominant pattern being cribiform. The treatment of choice was therapy combined with surgery and radiotherapy in 62.7% of the subjects. The overall survival rate was 70.76% and 56.76%, at 5 and 10 years respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early detection of adenoid cystic carcinoma is necessary in order to enable making an earlier prognosis and thus enable a better quality of life for the patient.
authors: Department of Surgery and Orofacial Implantology at the University Hospital of Madrid, Madrid 28015, Spain. hospinatmr@hotmail.com
authors: Natalia
authors: N
authors: Martínez-Rodríguez
authors: Isabel
authors: I
authors: Leco-Berrocal
authors: Luis
authors: L
authors: Rubio-Alonso
authors: Oscar
authors: O
authors: Arias-Irimia
authors: José-María
authors: JM
authors: Martínez-González
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor; D015996:Survival Rate; D055815:Young Adult