Warthin's Tumors and Their Relationship to Lung Cancer. (2nd January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: White, Christine Klimowicz; Williams, Kimberly A.; Rodriguez-Figueroa, Jorge; Langer, Corey J.
• Is Part Of: Cancer investigation. Volume 33:Number 1(2015)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 5
• Publication Date: 2015-01-02
• Subjects: Cancer -- Periodicals; Oncology -- Periodicals; Medical Oncology -- Periodicals; Neoplasms -- Periodicals; 616.994
• DOI: 10.3109/07357907.2014.979365
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0735-7907

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Warthin's tumors (WT) are frequently encountered in clinical practice and can be easily mis-identified. To date, there has been no proven association between WT and lung cancer. A retrospective chart review was conducted of records from 2008 to 2013 in the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Nineteen percent of patients had a diagnosis of lung cancer, compared to the general patient population, where 7.62% of males and 6.26% of females have a lifetime risk of developing lung cancer. Patients with WT are at heightened risk of lung malignancy; detection of WT may lead to earlier diagnosis of lung cancer.</p> </abstract>