Characteristics, survival and incidence rates and trends of primary cardiac malignancies in the United States

The available literature on the incidence, management and prognosis of primary malignant cardiac tumors [PMCTs] is limited to single-center studies, prone to small sample size and referral bias. We used data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results [SEER]-18 registry (between 2000 and 2014) to investigate the distribution, incidence trends and the survival rates of PMCTs.

Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - December 28, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Anas M. Saad, Abdelrahman Ibrahim Abushouk, Muneer J. Al-Husseini, Sami Salahia, Anas Alrefai, Ahmed M. Afifi, Mohamed M. Abdel-Daim Tags: Original Article Source Type: research