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Atypical carcinoid tumours of the lung: prognostic factors and patterns of recurrence

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Thorax

Source URL: http://thorax.bmj.com/content/69/7/648?etoc

Author(s)

M A Cañizares, J M Matilla, A Cueto, J Algar, I Muguruza, N Moreno-Mata, R Moreno-Balsalobre, R Guijarro, R Arrabal, E Garcia-Fontan, A Gonzalez-Piñeiro, M Garcia-Yuste, EMETNE-SEPAR Members

This report on 127 pts with atypical pulmonary carcinoid evaluated clinical and pathological prognostic features. Recurrence developed in 25% of pts during follow-up, with sublobar resection being the only independent predictor. Survival was related only to distant recurrence on multivariable analysis. The authors recommend complete standard anatomical resection with radical lymphadenectomy as a the standard of care.