Clinicopathological characteristics and treatment outcomes of pulmonary carcinosarcoma in eight patients

Conclusions: pulmonary carcinosarcoma of the lung is a rare biphasic tumor. Complete surgical resection is the treatment of choice for this tumor. The prognosis of patients with pulmonary carcinosarcoma is poor despite complete surgical resection and adjuvant chemotherapy.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 30, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Ekinci, G. H., Haciomeroglu, O., Metin, S. K., Ersev, A., Guney, P. A., Tezel, C., Yilmaz, A. Tags: 11.1 Lung Cancer Source Type: research