Chemotherapy for locally advanced and metastatic pulmonary carcinoid tumors.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The optimal management of locally advanced and metastatic pulmonary carcinoid tumors remains to be determined.

Materials and methods

A retrospective review was conducted on patients with typical and atypical pulmonary carcinoid tumors treated at our institutions between 1990 and 2012.

Results

300 patients were identified with pulmonary carcinoid, (80 patients with atypical carcinoid), of whom 29 presented with metastatic disease (16 atypical). Of evaluable patients, 26 (41%) with stages I-III atypical carcinoid tumors recurred at a median time of 3.7 years (range, 0.4-32), compared to 3 (1%) patients with typical carcinoid (range, 8-12.3). 39 patients were treated with chemotherapy, including 30 patients with metastatic disease (27 atypical), and 7 patients

SUBMITTER: Chong CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4293119 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature