Prognostic factors in pleuro-pulmonary blastoma.

Purpose: To evaluate the prognostic factors in a series of children affected by pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB).

Patients And Methods: Clinicopathological findings, treatment, and outcome of 22 PPB cases observed in 13 Italian Associations for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology centers are reported. Clinical data, surgical notes, pathologic findings, and summaries of treatment were taken from the charts and correlated with outcome by standard statistical methods.