Patterns of recurrence in HNSCC patients treated definitively with upfront surgery, chemoradiation

© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature..

PURPOSE: Locally-advanced oropharynx (LA-OPSCC) and hypopharynx/larynx (LA-HPLSCC) cancers may be treated with surgical or non-surgical modalities. While survival outcomes are comparable, patterns of disease recurrence are not well established.

METHODS: Retrospective review of 98 consecutive patients with LA-OPSCC or LA-HPLSCC treated by either surgery plus adjuvant therapy (S-POAT, n = 48) or chemoradiation (CRT, n = 50).

RESULTS: CRT-treated patients had higher recurrence risk (42% vs 14.6%, p = 0.003). This was significant only among LA-OPSCC (p = 0.002) but not LA-HPLSCC patients (p = 0.159). Median time to recurrence in LA-OPSCC was 16.8 vs 11.6 months, and 16.6 vs 15.1 months in LA-HPLSCC, comparing surgically treated and CRT cohorts. Surgically-treated p16-negative LA-OPSCC experienced improved locoregional control than CRT-treated patients (100% vs 12.5%, p = 0.045) and 3-year RFS (83.0% vs 33.3%, p < 0.001).

CONCLUSION: Locoregional control and RFS benefit was observed in surgically treated p16 negative LA-OPSCC patients. Locoregional recurrence is the main reason of treatment failure in LA-HNSCC, occurring commonly within the first 2 years post-treatment, regardless of treatment option.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:281

Enthalten in:

European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - 281(2024), 5 vom: 18. Apr., Seite 2645-2653

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fong, Pei Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Loh, Thomas Kwok Seng [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Eu, Donovan Kum Chuen [VerfasserIn]
Lim, Chwee Ming [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Chemoradiation
Head and neck
Journal Article
Recurrence
Squamous cell carcinoma
Surgery

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.04.2024

Date Revised 18.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00405-024-08556-6

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369878744