Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of salivary glands is characterized by long-term distant metastasis, most commonly in lungs. No agreement has been reached about the role of surgical treatment of pulmonary lesions. We evaluated the long-term results of lung metastasectomy for ACC in order to identify factors that should be taken into account in selecting patients eligible for surgery and treatment planning.A retrospective study was conducted on 109 patients selected from our institutional experience and from the International Registry of Lung Metastases. Survival was calculated by Kaplan-Meier estimate and prognostic factors endowed with a predictive power for most other metastatic cancers were investigated.The cumulative survival was 66.8

作者：Lara, Girelli；Laura, Locati；Carlotta, Galeone；Paolo, Scanagatta；Leonardo, Duranti；Lisa, Licitra；Ugo, Pastorino

来源：Oral oncology 2017 年 65卷