Clinical characteristics, prognostic factors, and survival trends in esophageal neuroendocrine carcinomas: A population-based study.
Chuyan ChenHaiyi HuZhibo ZhengYi YangWei ChenXinwei QiaoPeng LiShu Tian ZhangPublished in: Cancer medicine (2022)
A significant proportion of patients with newly diagnosed ENEC presented with metastatic disease. Predictors of poor survival included tumor location, brain metastasis, and liver metastasis. ENEC and poorly differentiated ESCC share certain histological features, but differ in tumor location and metastatic rate. Yet, no standard treatment strategy has been established, but surgery and chemotherapy were related to better outcomes.
Keyphrases
- prognostic factors
- newly diagnosed
- squamous cell carcinoma
- small cell lung cancer
- free survival
- coronary artery bypass
- high grade
- resting state
- white matter
- coronary artery disease
- combination therapy
- radiation therapy
- type diabetes
- cerebral ischemia
- blood brain barrier
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- functional connectivity
- smoking cessation