Primary pulmonary LELC is a rare malignant tumor which accounts for only 0.9% of all primary lung cancer (10,11) and only represents 0.4% of ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListOncolLettv.14(3);2017SepPMC5588446OncolLett.2017Sep;14(3):3110–3116.Publishedonline2017Jun30.doi: 10.3892/ol.2017.6510PMCID:PMC5588446PMID:28928848Primarylymphoepithelioma-likecarcinomaofthelung:Anunusualcancerandclinicaloutcomesof14patientsLanLin,1TingyanLin,1andBangweiZeng2LanLin1DepartmentofRespiratoryMedicine,FujianMedicalUniversityUnionHospital,Fuzhou,Fujian350001,P.R.ChinaFindarticlesbyLanLinTingyanLin1DepartmentofRespiratoryMedicine,FujianMedicalUniversityUnionHospital,Fuzhou,Fujian350001,P.R.ChinaFindarticlesbyTingyanLinBangweiZeng2DepartmentofHospitalInfectionManagement,FujianMedicalUniversityUnionHospital,Fuzhou,Fujian350001,P.R.ChinaFindarticlesbyBangweiZengAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1DepartmentofRespiratoryMedicine,FujianMedicalUniversityUnionHospital,Fuzhou,Fujian350001,P.R.China2DepartmentofHospitalInfectionManagement,FujianMedicalUniversityUnionHospital,Fuzhou,Fujian350001,P.R.ChinaCorrespondenceto:MissLanLin,DepartmentofRespiratoryMedicine,FujianMedicalUniversityUnionHospital,29XinquanRoad,Fuzhou,Fujian350001,P.R.China,E-mail:moc.361@2885373nalnilReceived2016Apr30;Accepted2017Apr13.Copyright©2017,SpandidosPublicationsThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.Advancedlungcancerisconsideredtoexhibitapoorprognosis;however,thepulmonarylymphoepithelioma-likecarcinoma(LELC),araresubtypeofnon-smallcelllungcancer(NSCLC),exhibitsanimprovedprognosis,comparedwithnon-LELC.Thepresentstudyaimedatinvestigatingtheclinicalmanifestation,imagingcharacteristics,pathology,tumormarkers,treatmentandprognosisofprimaryLELCofthelung.Atotalof14patientswithpulmonaryLELCwereconfirmedbysurgeryandpathology.Clinicaldataofthosepatientswereretrospecti