title: [Surgically treated bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumours. Prognostic value of TNM staging 7a edition].
abstract: We analyzed 43 women (61%) and 28 men (39%) surgically treated for carcinoid tumors from Jan/1975 to Dec/2011. Median age: 38 years (13-67). Typical carcinoid (TC) appeared in 63 (89%) patients, 8 (11%) suffered from atypical carcinoid (AC). Median follow-up: 4 years (1-24). TC stages were: IA = 33 (52%), IB = 10 (16%), IIA = 2 (3%), IIB = 2 (3%), IIIA = 12 (19%) and IIIB = 2 (3%); AC stages were: IA = 1 (12.5%), IIB = 1 (12.5%), IIIA = 2 (25%) and IIIB = 4 (50%). TNM classification did not show significant differences on 5-years survival period by stage (p = 0.689), even according to histological type (TC: p = 0.547; AC: p = 0.592). The disease-free survival rate was significantly lower (TC: 3 years vs. AC: 2 years, p = 0.000) and relapses were more frequent in AC (AC: 50% vs. TC: 2%, p = 0.000). The 7th TNM staging was not influential in estimating survival from carcinoid tumours in our population. The histological subtype was a better prognostic factor.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Rehabilitación Respiratoria María Ferrer, Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: cirugiapulmon@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ana K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Patané
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poleri
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pupareli
authors.forename: Adolfo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosales
authors.forename: Héctor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rivero
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: Moisés
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: TNM staging; carcinoid tumors