MUCOEPIDERMOID CARCINOMA OF SALIVARY GLANDS. SURVIVAL AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS. MUCOEPIDERMOID CARCINOMA SURVIVAL

Objectives: The aim of this study was to establish global survival rates and possible prognostic factors for mucoepidermoid carcinoma of salivary glands in patients diagnosed at “Dr. Eduardo Cáceres Graziani” National Institute for Neoplastic Diseases between 2002 and 2012.
Methods: Data were obtained from clinical records and used to determine overall survival rate at 2 and 5 years and individual survival percentage for each prognostic factor, using the actuarial technique. We also performed univariate analysis for each possible prognostic factor with the Log-rank analysis, and multivariate analysis using Cox’s Regression model.
Results: Overall survival of 51 patients was 81% at 2 years and 78% at 5 years. In the multivariate analysis, the equation that best explains survival result contains the variable clinical stage of (p=0.063).
Conclusions: The results showed the importance of clinical stage in the survival of patients with primary diagnosis of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of salivary glands.