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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-29
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this retrospective review is the study of the prognostic factors related to cervical metastases of squamous cell carcinoma from an unknown primary tumour. Sixty-seven patients were selected and surgery and postoperative radiotherapy was the treatment used. Nineteen tumours were subsequently found (27%). The 5-year actuarial survival rate of all patients was 22%. Survival rates were significantly related to lymph node stages and to the histological degree of differentiation. Nevertheless, actuarial survival rates were not related to the appearance of the primary tumour (P = 0.07). In our series, the single most important prognostic factor was the neck stage. The value close to statistical significance observed when the primary tumour subsequently appeared (P = 0.07), suggests that this could worsen the prognosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0307-7772
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
158-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Actuarial Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Biopsy, Needle, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Disease-Free Survival, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Laryngeal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Lymph Node Excision, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Lymphatic Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Neoplasms, Unknown Primary, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Oropharyngeal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Proportional Hazards Models, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Radiotherapy, Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Skin Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9597287-Survival Rate
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma in cervical lymph nodes from an unknown primary tumour: prognostic factors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Central de Asturias, University of Oviedo, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't