RESUMEN
Adenoid cystic carcinoma is an infrequent tumor, but not a rare one. Its primary location is most often the salivary glands, although it can be found in many other organs, including the lung, which is the most frequent site of remote metastasis. The tumor's two main features, which indicate a need for long-term monitoring, are 1) its high level of local aggressivity and rate of recidivism in spite of radical excision, with recurrence sometimes taking place long after the primary tumor appears, and 2) its slow natural history even when disseminated disease is present. Type of tumoral tissue is an important prognostic factor.
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Carcinoma Adenoide Quístico/mortalidad , Neoplasias Pulmonares/mortalidad , Anciano , Carcinoma Adenoide Quístico/patología , Carcinoma Adenoide Quístico/cirugía , Femenino , Humanos , Pulmón/patología , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patología , Neoplasias Pulmonares/cirugía , Factores de TiempoRESUMEN
Due to the fact that the treatment in chronic respiratory patients is almost completely palliative, it is important to find some kind of scale which can yield precise information on the limitations which the subject has to face on his/her day-to-day life. Respiratory function tests and dyspnea scales are not appropriately enough systems for such purpose, therefore during the last few years several CV tests have been applied, general or specific, standardized or not. The method which currently seems more useful is CRQ, even tough SGRQ seems to be the more promising, due to the fact that it has been fully standardized and allows interindividual as well as and in interpopulation comparisons.