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Survival of paranasal sinus cancer according to tumor site and histologic type

Survival of paranasal sinus cancer according to tumor site and histologic type
Tumor site Maxillary sinus[1] Maxillary sinus[2] Ethmoid sinus[1] PNS[3]
Characteristic N (n = 399) 5-year OS N (n = 650) 5-year OS N (n = 305) 5-year OS N (n = 650) 5-year OS
Histology
Adenocarcinoma 18 53.8 31 47.7 153 43.6 107 44.8
Esthesioneuroblastoma 0 NE NA NA 27 81.7 NA NA
Adenoid cystic carcinoma 91 53.1 64 57.5 24 64.1 32* 65
Melanoma 0 NE 23 25.9 11 0 21 0
Sarcoma 59 48.7 46 44.8 15 NE 18 46.4
Squamous cell carcinoma 156 45.2 401 29.2 33 18.7 101 43
Undifferentiated carcinoma 26 30.5 NA NA 17 0 14 0
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma 27 61.9 15 35.9 1 NE NA NA
Other 22 35.8 70 38.7 24 32.1 18 92.3
N: number of patients; NA: not available; NE: not estimated; OS: overall survival; PNS: paranasal sinuses (including maxillary, ethmoid, sphenoid, and frontal sinuses; esthesioneuroblastoma excluded).
* Minor salivary malignancies, including adenoid cystic carcinoma.
¶ High-grade sarcomas only.
Data from:
  1. Cantu, G, et al. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2008; 134:170.
  2. Bhattacharyya, N. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2003; 61:1016.
  3. Ganly, I, et al. Head Neck 2005; 27:575.
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