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- Title
Prognostic and staging implications of mandibular canal invasion in lower gingival squamous cell carcinoma.
- Authors
Okura, Masaya; Yanamoto, Souichi; Umeda, Masahiro; Otsuru, Mitsunobu; Ota, Yoshihide; Kurita, Hiroshi; Kamata, Takahiro; Kirita, Tadaaki; Yamakawa, Nobuhiro; Yamashita, Tetsuro; Ueda, Michihiro; Komori, Takahide; Hasegawa, Takumi; Aikawa, Tomonao
- Abstract
A multi-institutional study was undertaken to determine whether mandibular canal ( MC) invasion and mandibular medullary bone invasion are independent factors in lower gingival squamous cell carcinoma ( SCC). A total of 345 patients with lower gingival SCC were retrospectively reviewed. Mandibular bone invasion was categorized into three types; no bone invasion; invasion through cortical bone (medullary); and MC invasion. The overall survival rate and factors affecting local, regional, and distant failures were assessed by Cox proportional hazards regression analysis and Kaplan-Meier estimates. Bone invasion was present in 201 (58%) patients, of whom 107 (31%) had medullary invasion and 94 (27%) had MC invasion. Using the International Union Against Cancer ( UICC) staging system and American Joint Committee on Cancer ( AJCC) system, 171 (50%) patients were classified as T4a. When the bone invasion criteria were excluded from the UICC/ AJCC system definition, 152 T4a tumors were downstaged and reclassified to T1 in 12 (3%), to T2 in 98 (28%), and to T3 in 42 (12%). In Cox multivariate analysis, MC invasion was an independent predictor of overall survival but medullary bone invasion was not. Medullary bone invasion was an independent variable for distant control. The current T staging system has restricted prognostic utility. The authors recommend a modified T staging system, whereby tumors with MC invasion instead of medullary bone invasion are classified as T4a, and tumors are first classified as T1 to T3 based on size and then upstaged by one T classification in the presence of medullary invasion.
- Subjects
ORAL cancer; MANDIBLE; GINGIVAL neoplasms; CANCER invasiveness; TUMOR classification; CANCER; PROGNOSIS
- Publication
Cancer Medicine, 2016, Vol 5, Issue 12, p3378
- ISSN
2045-7634
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cam4.899