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- Title
Incorporation of adverse features in advanced oral cancer improves precision in staging and patient prognostication.
- Authors
Singh, Manraj; Thankappan, Krishnakumar; Balasubramanian, Deepak; Pillai, Vijay; Shetty, Vivek; Rangappa, Vidyabhushan; Chandrasekhar, Naveen Hedne; Kekatpure, Vikram; Kuriakose, Moni Abraham; Krishnamurthy, Arvind; Mitra, Arun; Pattatheyil, Arun; Jain, Prateek; Iyer, Subramania; Iyer, Narayanan Gopalakrishna; Subramaniam, Narayana
- Abstract
Background: Despite revised staging criteria, stratification of patients with advanced oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remains difficult. Well‐established features like perineural invasion (PNI), differentiation, and lymphovascular‐invasion (LVI) are controversial, and hence omitted from staging. We endeavor to better stratify this cohort by identifying predictors of survival in advanced OSCC (T3‐4). Methods: Seven hundred and forty‐two patients with T3‐4 OSCC underwent surgery from 2006 to 2013. Cox regression was performed to determine predictors of overall survival (OS). Results: OS was adversely impacted by PNI (p = 0.046), LVI (p = 0.038), moderate/poor differentiation (p = 0.001), close/involved surgical margins (p = 0.002), pT (p = 0.034), and pN (p < 0.001). The cumulative number of adverse histopathological features predicted poorer OS; HR 2.64 (CI 1.42–4.90) for one adverse feature and HR 4.23 (CI 2.34–7.67) for ≥2. Conclusion: In advanced OSCC, stratification with histopathologic risk factors can predict survival even in maximally treated patients; adjuvant therapies are unable to entirely mitigate this risk. Incorporation of adverse features into future editions of TNM can improve precision in staging and identify candidates for treatment escalation.
- Subjects
ORAL cancer; SURGICAL margin; SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma; HEAD &; neck cancer
- Publication
Head & Neck, 2022, Vol 44, Issue 4, p964
- ISSN
1043-3074
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/hed.26990