PMID- 25867150
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150601
LR  - 20150414
IS  - 0041-4131 (Print)
IS  - 0041-4131 (Linking)
VI  - 92
IP  - 11
DP  - 2014 Nov
TI  - Primary sarcomatoid lung cancer: clinical and evolutive features: about five 
      cases.
PG  - 678-80
AB  - BACKGROUND: Primary sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung are rare non small cell 
      lung cancers (NSCLC) recently individualized by the World Health Organization. 
      Their clinical, radiological and evolutive features are not well known but they 
      seem to have bad prognosis with rapid progression and early metastases. Although 
      they are felt to be chemo-refractory they must be treated as the other subtypes 
      of NSCLC. AIM: To evaluate clinical, radiological and evolutive features of 
      primary sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung. METHODS: We report the cases of five 
      patients presenting sarcomatoid carcinomas and assess their clinical and 
      evolutive data. RESULTS: One patient had stage IIB cancer underwent surgical 
      resection and adjuvant chemotherapy, he is alive 18 months later; another had 
      stage IIIB was treated by radio and chemotherapy and is alive 6 months later; and 
      three other patients had stage IV in whom one had chemotherapy, the two others 
      did not because of they had performance status. They died 1 to 3 months after the 
      diagnosis. CONCLUSION: Lung sarcomatoid carcinomas are of bad prognosis. Their 
      treatment is nowadays not well established. Much more good studies are therefore 
      needed.
FAU - Zendah, Ines
AU  - Zendah I
FAU - Habibech, Sonia
AU  - Habibech S
FAU - Kwas, Hamida
AU  - Kwas H
FAU - Ayadi, Aida
AU  - Ayadi A
FAU - Khattab, Amel
AU  - Khattab A
FAU - Zidi, Asma
AU  - Zidi A
FAU - Ghedira, Habib
AU  - Ghedira H
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Tunisia
TA  - Tunis Med
JT  - La Tunisie medicale
JID - 0413766
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Disease Progression
MH  - Humans
MH  - Ileal Neoplasms/secondary
MH  - Lung Neoplasms/*pathology/therapy
MH  - Lymphatic Metastasis
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Neoplasm Metastasis
MH  - Prognosis
MH  - Sarcoma/*pathology/therapy
MH  - Superior Vena Cava Syndrome/diagnosis
EDAT- 2015/04/14 06:00
MHDA- 2015/06/02 06:00
CRDT- 2015/04/14 06:00
PHST- 2015/04/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/04/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/06/02 06:00 [medline]
AID - /article-medicale-tunisie.php?article=2668 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Tunis Med. 2014 Nov;92(11):678-80.