@article{TCR13158,
author = {Xiaofei Zhang and Jiyi Hu and Jiade J. Lu and Jing Gao and Xiyin Guan and Lin Kong},
title = {Incidence patterns for myoepithelial carcinoma: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) study},
journal = {Translational Cancer Research},
volume = {6},
number = {2},
year = {2017},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: Myoepithelial carcinoma is a rare malignancy, and has been described only in case reports or small case series. Its patterns of incidence are largely unknown due to the rarity of the condition, thus hampering the effective development of its diagnosis and management. In addition, demographics and risk factors that affect myoepithelial carcinoma incidence reported from previous series conflict with each other. Here we aim to analyze a relatively extensive, population-based cancer registry to study the association between the incidence and patient age, gender, race, tumor location, and other factors to investigate incidence changes over the past decade.
Methods: Data were retrieved from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database from 1973 to 2012. Histological codes were used to determine myoepithelial carcinoma cases. Age-adjusted incidence-rates were compared by confidence intervals (CIs) in the SEER*Stat Version 8.2.1 program, while Joinpoint regression analysis was used to determine annual percentage changes and to locate substantial changes in incidence, respectively.
Results: Three hundred sixty-eight patients were identified from the SEER database. The observed incidence rate per 100,000 person-years was found to be significantly higher (P},
issn = {2219-6803}, url = {https://tcr.amegroups.org/article/view/13158}
}