Prognostic effects of different treatment modalities for hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma : Experience of two tertiary hospitals in Southwestern China

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Background: The prognostic effects of different treatment modalities on patients with hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HPSCC) remain unclear.

Methods: HPSCC patients diagnosed and treated at either West China Hospital or Sichuan Cancer Hospital between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2019, were enrolled in this retrospective, real-world study. Survival rates were presented using Kaplan-Meier curves and compared using log-rank tests. Univariable and multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to identify the predictors of overall survival (OS). Subgroup analyses were conducted for patients with advanced-stage HPSCC (stages III and IV and category T4).

Results: A total of 527 patients with HPSCC were included. Patients receiving SRC (surgery, radiotherapy [RT], and chemotherapy) showed the best OS (p < 0.0001). In comparison with RT alone, both surgery alone (all cases: hazard ratio [HR] = 0.39, p = 0.0018; stage IV cases: HR = 0.38, p = 0.0085) and surgery-based multimodality treatment (SBMT; all cases: HR = 0.27, p < 0.0001; stage IV cases: HR = 0.30, p = 0.00025) showed prognostic benefits, while SBMT also showed survival priority over chemoradiotherapy (CRT; all cases: HR = 0.52, p < 0.0001; stage IV cases: HR = 0.59, p = 0.0033). Moreover, patients who underwent surgery alone had comparable OS to those who underwent SBMT (all patients: p = 0.13; stage IV cases: p = 0.34), while CRT yielded similar prognostic outcomes as RT alone (all patients: p = 0.054; stage IV cases: p = 0.11).

Conclusions: Surgery alone was comparable to SBMT and superior to RT/CRT in terms of OS in patients with HPSCC. We suggest that surgery should be encouraged for the treatment of HPSCC, even in patients with advanced-stage disease.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Heliyon - 10(2024), 7 vom: 15. Apr., Seite e28496

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Junhong [VerfasserIn]
He, Shanshan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jifeng [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Di [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Yijun [VerfasserIn]
Pang, Wendu [VerfasserIn]
Minzi, Mao [VerfasserIn]
Qiu, Ke [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Song, Yao [VerfasserIn]
Rao, Yufang [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Xinyin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Shichuan [VerfasserIn]
Jianjun, Ren [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chemoradiotherapy
Curative treatment
Hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
Journal Article
Overall survival
Surgery-based multimodality treatment

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Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28496

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NLM370908457