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  • Impact Factor: 2.709**
  • H-Index: 11 
  • ISSN: 2474-1663
  • DOI: 10.25107/2474-1663
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Major Scope

  •  Thoracic Oncology
  •  Ovarian Cancer
  •  Colon Cancer
  •  Pancreatic Cancer
  •  Urological Cancers
  •  Radiation Oncology
  •  Endometrial Cancer
  •  Lung Cancers

Abstract

Citation: Clin Oncol. 2022;7(1):1920.DOI: 10.25107/2474-1663.1920

Lung Carcinoids - 5 Years Analysis in a Tertiary Hospital

Mariana Cabral, Direndra Hasmucrai, Filipa Ferro, Ana Sofia Vilariça and Paula Alves

Santa Marta Hospital - Central Lisbon Hospital and University Center, Portugal

*Correspondance to: Mariana Cabral 

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Abstract:

Pulmonary carcinoids are relatively rare neuroendocrine neoplasms, accounting for only 1% to 2% of malignant thoracic tumors.
Retrospective analysis of all cases of lung carcinoid tumors followed at a Portuguese hospital from 01/2017 to 12/2021.
Fifty-one patients were included, predominantly female and non-smokers; the mean age was 60.3 years. Nearly 40% underwent somatostatin receptor-based imaging; those who did 68Ga-DOTANOC PET, 82% were positive; those who underwent OCTREOSCAN, 40% were positive.
The final diagnosis was Typical Carcinoid (TC) in 55% and Atypical Carcinoid (AC) in 41%; in 4% it was not possible to make a histological differentiation. Stage I was the most frequent (61%), followed by stage IV (18%) in which the majority (67%) was represented by atypical carcinoid. The most common metastasis site was the lung, followed by bone and liver. Regarding treatment, ¾ of the patients went through surgery, of which two also did adjuvant Chemotherapy (CT); two underwent
endoscopic treatment. In the advanced stage, one patient was under 1st line CT (cisplatin+etoposide) and two were under 3rd line (carboplatin+etoposide), after other lines of treatment with everolimus, octreotide and CT. Two patients, positive for somatostatin receptor, were treated with octreotide, and in 3 patients the chosen attitude was surveillance. There were two deaths, but none of them related to the neoplastic disease.
Well-differentiated neuroendocrine lung tumors differ substantially from other lung neoplasms. Most of them are diagnosed in early stages and the treatment is essentially based on surgical resection, with good prognosis.

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Cabral M, Hasmucrai D, Ferro F, Sofia Vilariça A, Alves P. Lung Carcinoids - 5 Years Analysis in a Tertiary Hospital. Clin Oncol. 2022;7:1920..

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