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[Four Cases Report on Primary Lung Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma]
1Xiangya School of Medicine Central South University, Department of Thoracic Neoplasms, Hunan Cancer Hospital, the Affliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Changsha 410000, China.
Background:
Lung adenoid cystic carcinoma is a kind of rare lung cancer. Diagnosis and treatment is not enough understandable for them. We collected and analyzed 4 cases of lung adenoid cystic carcinoma for broadening the sight of this disease.
Methods:
Retrospectively analysed the 4 cases we collected from Hunan Cancer Hospital Between January 2012 and December 2016. We depicted the pathology, immunohistochemical, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) arrangement in these cases. And the methods of the diagnosis and treatment were analyzed.
Results:
Lung adenoid cystic carcinoma is usually located in the airway, EGFR mutation and ALK arrangement is rare in this disease. Generally the metastasis of the lung cancer occurred in the advanced stage. The prognosis is good if the mass could be resected completely.
Conclusions:
Diagnosis of the lung adenoid cystic carcinoma depends on pathological experiments, surgery is the main treatment in the early stage, radiotherapy and chemotherapy is an advisable therapy in the advanced stage. And the prognosis of this kind of lung cancer is better than small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.
