Jiaxi He1, Jianfei Shen1, Hui Pan1, Jun Huang1, Wenhua Liang1, Jianxing He1. 1. 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 2 Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease & China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China ; 3 National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) is one of the rare histological non-small cell lung cancers. Only a few case reports have been published. The knowledge of its characteristics and prognosis in western population is limited. Based on the data of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (SEER), an analysis was performed to fill the gap of our knowledge. METHODS: Characteristics, treatment and outcomes of all pulmonary LELC patients was extracted both from the SEER database from 1973 to 2011 using SEER*Stat 8.2.1 statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 16.0 and GraphPad Prism 5. RESULTS: A total of 62 patients with pulmonary LELC are identified and analyzed. The median age at diagnosis is 65. Among them, the majority was male (64.4%). Early stage patients account for the largest proportion (67.8%). The median survival of all LELC patients is 107 months [95% confidence interval (CI), 67-147]. The 1, 3 and 5 years survival rates of LELC are 85.6%, 74.5% and 55.2%. In the comparisons incorporating with other types of large cell lung cancer (LCC), adenocarcinoma (AD) and squamous cell lung cancer (SQ), the overall survival (OS) of LELC is superior to others. Most of the early stage (localized and regional) LELC patients (37/45, 82.2%) received surgical resection as the primary treatment. Patients older than 65 years predicted a worse prognosis. CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary LELC is a rare pathological type of lung cancer. In this cohort, most LELC cases were male and in early stage. Majority of early stage LELC patients have received surgical resection. Patients older than 65 years had worse survival. Unfortunately, no other prognostic factor has been identified in our study. In addition, we observed that LELC had an ideal prognosis comparing to other types of LCC, AD and SQ. In order to understand pulmonary LELC more thoroughly, more cases are required.
BACKGROUND:Pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) is one of the rare histological non-small cell lung cancers. Only a few case reports have been published. The knowledge of its characteristics and prognosis in western population is limited. Based on the data of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (SEER), an analysis was performed to fill the gap of our knowledge. METHODS: Characteristics, treatment and outcomes of all pulmonary LELC patients was extracted both from the SEER database from 1973 to 2011 using SEER*Stat 8.2.1 statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 16.0 and GraphPad Prism 5. RESULTS: A total of 62 patients with pulmonary LELC are identified and analyzed. The median age at diagnosis is 65. Among them, the majority was male (64.4%). Early stage patients account for the largest proportion (67.8%). The median survival of all LELC patients is 107 months [95% confidence interval (CI), 67-147]. The 1, 3 and 5 years survival rates of LELC are 85.6%, 74.5% and 55.2%. In the comparisons incorporating with other types of large cell lung cancer (LCC), adenocarcinoma (AD) and squamous cell lung cancer (SQ), the overall survival (OS) of LELC is superior to others. Most of the early stage (localized and regional) LELC patients (37/45, 82.2%) received surgical resection as the primary treatment. Patients older than 65 years predicted a worse prognosis. CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary LELC is a rare pathological type of lung cancer. In this cohort, most LELC cases were male and in early stage. Majority of early stage LELC patients have received surgical resection. Patients older than 65 years had worse survival. Unfortunately, no other prognostic factor has been identified in our study. In addition, we observed that LELC had an ideal prognosis comparing to other types of LCC, AD and SQ. In order to understand pulmonary LELC more thoroughly, more cases are required.
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NSCLC; Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (SEER); lung cancer; lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC); outcomes
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