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Tracheal Tumors

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Mediastinal Tumors

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Tumors of the trachea are extremely uncommon, with an estimated 2.6 new cases per million each year [1], translating to an estimated 600–700 cases each year in the United States. Tracheal tumors represent only 0.2% of all malignancies of the respiratory tract [2], with tumors of the larynx, bronchi, and lung occurring 75, 100, and 180 times more frequently, respectively [3,4]. Though there are many case reports of tracheal tumors in both the otolaryngology and thoracic surgery literature, there are few large series, most notably those by Eschapasse [5], Grillo [6,7], Grillo and Mathisen [8], Pearson et al. [9], Perelman and Koroleva [10, 11], and Xu et al. [12]. Due to the rarity of these tumors, as well as the diversity of pathology, even the larger series are unable to provide definitive data about the long-range results of treatment. These studies have accrued patients over many years, during which there have been many improvements in both surgical technique and radiation therapy.

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    Douglas E. Wood M.D. (Head, Section of General Thoracic Surgery, and Assistant Professor)

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  1. Section of General Thoracic Surgery, Division of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, SA-25, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, 98195, Seattle, WA, USA

    Douglas E. Wood MD (Head) (Head)

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, RC-08 Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, 98195, Seattle, WA, USA

    Charles R. Thomas Jr. MD (Fellow, Former Assistant Professor) (Fellow, Former Assistant Professor)

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Wood, D.E. (1995). Tracheal Tumors. In: Wood, D.E., Thomas, C.R. (eds) Mediastinal Tumors. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79426-1_12

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