{"title":"Clinicopathologic characterization of secretory carcinoma of salivary gland.","authors":"Fei Han, Feng Liu, Hao Wang, Yanchao Qin, Qian Lu, Xuesong Wu, Zhen Guo, Xinrong Nan","doi":"10.1186/s12957-024-03561-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To investigate the clinicopathologic characteristics, therapeutic methods, and prognosis of secretory carcinoma of salivary gland (SCSG).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The clinicopathologic data of 13 patients with SCSG admitted to Shanxi Cancer Hospital from January 2018 to June 2023 were retrospectively analyzed, and a literature review was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of eight males and five females aged 22-78 years old were enrolled, and they commonly presented with painless masses in the parotid or submandibular gland. They all underwent surgical treatment, accompanied by typical pathological examinations postoperatively. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was conducted in seven cases, the results were all positive, and no gene fusion other than ETV6-NTRK3 was found. Two patients developed local relapse during follow-up, both of which were in the surgical area. By the end of the follow-up, 12 patients survived and one patient died.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>SCSG is a rare low-grade malignancy with a good prognosis. Pathological and immunohistochemical characteristics are the key to secretory carcinoma (SC) diagnosis, and surgical excision is the major treatment means for SCSG. Whether to perform simultaneous cervical lymph node dissection and other adjuvant therapies should be determined based on the pathological stage and the presence or absence of high-risk factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":23856,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Surgical Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11515321/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"World Journal of Surgical Oncology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-024-03561-9","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ONCOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: To investigate the clinicopathologic characteristics, therapeutic methods, and prognosis of secretory carcinoma of salivary gland (SCSG).
Methods: The clinicopathologic data of 13 patients with SCSG admitted to Shanxi Cancer Hospital from January 2018 to June 2023 were retrospectively analyzed, and a literature review was performed.
Results: A total of eight males and five females aged 22-78 years old were enrolled, and they commonly presented with painless masses in the parotid or submandibular gland. They all underwent surgical treatment, accompanied by typical pathological examinations postoperatively. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was conducted in seven cases, the results were all positive, and no gene fusion other than ETV6-NTRK3 was found. Two patients developed local relapse during follow-up, both of which were in the surgical area. By the end of the follow-up, 12 patients survived and one patient died.
Conclusions: SCSG is a rare low-grade malignancy with a good prognosis. Pathological and immunohistochemical characteristics are the key to secretory carcinoma (SC) diagnosis, and surgical excision is the major treatment means for SCSG. Whether to perform simultaneous cervical lymph node dissection and other adjuvant therapies should be determined based on the pathological stage and the presence or absence of high-risk factors.
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology publishes articles related to surgical oncology and its allied subjects, such as epidemiology, cancer research, biomarkers, prevention, pathology, radiology, cancer treatment, clinical trials, multimodality treatment and molecular biology. Emphasis is placed on original research articles. The journal also publishes significant clinical case reports, as well as balanced and timely reviews on selected topics.
Oncology is a multidisciplinary super-speciality of which surgical oncology forms an integral component, especially with solid tumors. Surgical oncologists around the world are involved in research extending from detecting the mechanisms underlying the causation of cancer, to its treatment and prevention. The role of a surgical oncologist extends across the whole continuum of care. With continued developments in diagnosis and treatment, the role of a surgical oncologist is ever-changing. Hence, World Journal of Surgical Oncology aims to keep readers abreast with latest developments that will ultimately influence the work of surgical oncologists.