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==Cancers of the trachea== | ==Cancers of the trachea== | ||
*Very uncommon. | ===General=== | ||
*Very uncommon ~ 1/1,000,000 person/year.<ref name=pmid24295655>{{Cite journal | last1 = Junker | first1 = K. | title = Pathology of tracheal tumors. | journal = Thorac Surg Clin | volume = 24 | issue = 1 | pages = 7-11 | month = Feb | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2013.09.008 | PMID = 24295655 }}</ref> | |||
Most common: | Most common primary tumours:<ref name=pmid27904449>{{Cite journal | last1 = Napieralska | first1 = A. | last2 = Miszczyk | first2 = L. | last3 = Blamek | first3 = S. | title = Tracheal cancer - treatment results, prognostic factors and incidence of other neoplasms. | journal = Radiol Oncol | volume = 50 | issue = 4 | pages = 409-417 | month = Dec | year = 2016 | doi = 10.1515/raon-2016-0046 | PMID = 27904449 }}</ref> | ||
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma]]. | *[[Squamous cell carcinoma]]. | ||
*[[Adenoid cystic carcinoma]]. | *[[Adenoid cystic carcinoma]]. | ||
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*Most common tracheal cancer is direct extension from other tumours in the neck, e.g. thyroid.<ref name=pmid24295655/> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||