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Malignant mixed müllerian tumors of the uterus
Author(s) -
Williamson E. O.,
Christopherson W. M.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197203)29:3<585::aid-cncr2820290309>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - medicine , heterologous , carcinosarcoma , uterus , incidence (geometry) , survival rate , homologous chromosome , müllerian mimicry , gynecology , oncology , pathology , carcinoma , biology , biochemistry , physics , gene , optics
Mixed müllerian tumors of the uterus had an average yearly incidence rate of 0.99 per 100,000 women 20 years old and older in Jefferson County, Kentucky, between 1953 and 1969. The rate was significantly higher in Negroes than in Caucasians. Follow‐up was obtained on all 48 patients. The survival rate on 39 patients followed for 5 years was 20.5%, although one survivor has metastatic disease 15 years following primary treatment. Twenty patients had only homologous elements (carcinosarcoma), while 28 had heterologous elements (mixed mesodermal tumor). There was no statistically significant difference in survival between the two groups, and clinicopathologic features were similar other than the presence of heterologous elements.