Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Salivary Glands: Survival and Prognostic Factors.

Objective: The aim of this study was to establish global survival rates and potential prognostic factors for mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MC) of the salivary glands in patients diagnosed at the Dr. Eduardo Cáceres Graziani National Institute for Neoplastic Diseases (INEN), Lima, Peru, between 2002 and 2012.

Materials And Methods: This was an observational, analytical and longitudinal (information reconstructed in time) retrospective cohort study.

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary glands. A retrospective study of 51 cases and review of the literature.

The aim of this study is to present the casuistic of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of salivary glands in patients diagnosed at "Dr. Eduardo Cáceres Graziani" National Institute for Neoplastic Diseases, Lima, Perú. From January 2002 to December 2012, 51 cases were diagnosed as mucoepidermoid carcinoma.