October 15, 2015Circulation
Characteristics and Survival of Malignant Cardiac Tumors
Population
551 patients with primary malignant cardiac tumors diagnosed from 1973 to 2011 from the SEER 18 registry…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 80 months
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
PMCTs carry poor prognosis versus extracardiac counterparts; leaves open optimal management strategies for this rare entity.
Structured PICO
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Population
551 patients with primary malignant cardiac tumors (PMCTs) diagnosed from 1973 to 2011 from the SEER 18 registry, median age 50 years, 54.1% female, 78.6% white.
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Comparator
Patients with extracardiac malignancies of similar histopathology
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Outcome
Incidence and survival (1-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates)hard clinical
Primary malignant cardiac tumors are extremely rare and have a worse prognosis than extracardiac cancers of similar histopathology, although survival has improved over the past 5 decades.
Limitations
- Use of chemotherapy is not documented in SEER
Cite This Study
Oliveira et al. (2015) studied this question.