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- Title
Tumor Bed Margins Versus Specimen Margins in Oral Cavity Cancer: Too Close to Call?
- Authors
Villemure-Poliquin, Noémie; Roy, Ève-Marie; Nguyen, Sally; Beauchemin, Michel; Audet, Nathalie
- Abstract
Introduction: The routine assessment of intraoperative margins has long been the standard of care for oral cavity cancers. However, there is a controversy surrounding the best method for sampling surgical margins. The aim of our study is to determine the precision of a new technique for sampling tumor bed margins (TBMs), to evaluate the impact on survival and the rate of free flap reconstructions. Methods: This retrospective cohort study involved 156 patients with primary cancer of the tongue or floor of the mouth who underwent surgery as initial curative treatment. Patients were separated into 2 groups: one using an oriented TBM derived from Mohs' technique, where the margins are taken from the tumor bed and identified with Vicryl sutures on both the specimen and the tumor bed, and the other using a specimen margins (SMs) driven technique, where the margins are taken from the specimen after the initial resection. Clinicopathologic features, including margin status, were compared for both groups and correlated with locoregional control. Precision of per-operative TBM sampling method was obtained. Results: A total of 156 patients were included in the study, of which 80 were in TBM group and 76 were in SM group. Precision analysis showed that the oriented TBM technique pertained a 50% sensitivity, 96.6% specificity, 80% positive predictive value, and an 87.5% negative predictive value. Survival analysis revealed nonstatistically significant differences in both local control (86.88% vs 83.50%; P =.81) as well as local-regional control (82.57% vs 72.32%; P =.21). There was a significant difference in the rate of free flap-surgeries between the 2 groups (30% vs 64.5%; P <.001). Conclusion: Our described oriented TBM technique has demonstrated reduced risk of free flap reconstructive surgery, increased precision, and similar prognostic in terms of local control, locoregional control, and disease-free survival when compared to the SM method.
- Subjects
STATISTICAL correlation; PREDICTIVE tests; SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma; MOUTH tumors; MOUTH floor; CANCER relapse; HEAD &; neck cancer; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SURGICAL margin; SURGICAL flaps; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH; COLLECTION &; preservation of biological specimens; PLASTIC surgery; TONGUE tumors; COMPARATIVE studies; SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry); MOHS surgery; SENSITIVITY &; specificity (Statistics)
- Publication
Journal of Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery, 2024, Vol 53, p1
- ISSN
0707-7270
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/19160216241278653