Abstract:
Comparison of Prognosis for Mixed-Adenocarcinoma of the Lung among Various MajorSubtypesHuanling LUAN, Leina SUN, Yan GUO, Na DONG, Zhongli ZHAN, Baocun SUNCorrespondence to: Zhongli ZHAN, E-mail: lizhong1952@163.comDepartment of Pathology, Cancer Institute and Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300060, ChinaThis work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.30770828)Abstract Objective: To compare the clinicopathologic and prognostic factors of the mixed-adenocarcinoma of thelung ( MACL ) among major mixed-subtypes. Methods: Data from 202 MACL patients who underwent surgery between Jan-uary 2004 and December 2006 were reviewed. The results of the pathological diagnosis were rechecked to make sure themajor mixed-subtypes of the tumor were classified correctly. Based on the 2004 WHO histological classification of lung can-cer, the cases were divided into 5 groups: the bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma ( BAC ) group, the acinar carcinoma ( AAC )group, the solid carcinoma ( SAC ) group, the papillary carcinoma ( PAC ) group and the mucinous carcinoma ( MAC )group. The Kaplan-Meier method was used for survival analysis. Results: Statistical analysis showed that there was no sig-nificant difference in sex, age and smoking history among the 5 groups ( P > 0.05 ), nevertheless, significant difference wasin found in the symptoms at clinic visits, lymph node metastasis, N staging, T staging, tumor size, clinical TNM staging, andpostoperative recurrence and metastasis among the 5 groups ( P < 0.05 ). The highest rates of nodal metastasis and post-operative recurrence and metastasis were found in the group with papillary adenocarcinoma. The 3-year survival rateswere 78.4% for the BAC group, 52.5% for the AAC group, 48.3% for the SAC group, 47.8% for the PAC group and 29.4%for the MAC group, with significant difference ( P = 0.000 ). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis revealed that the BAC grouphad the most favorable prognosis, and the MAC group had the poorest, while the other 3 groups were in between. Conclu?sion: There are distinct clinicopathologic features and different clinical prognosis for the 5 major subtypes of mixed adeno-carcinoma of the lung. Successful diagnosis of the mixed-subtype is critical for guiding clinical treatment and establishing aprognosis.Keywords Mixed-adenocarcinoma of lung (MACL); Subtype; Prognosis