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- Title
Open partial horizontal laryngectomy and adjuvant (chemo)radiotherapy for laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma: results from a multicenter Italian experience.
- Authors
Muscatello, Luca; Piazza, Cesare; Peretti, Giorgio; Marchi, Filippo; Bertolin, Andy; Crosetti, Erika; Leopardi, Gianluca; Lenzi, Riccardo; Manca, Laura; Matteucci, Jacopo; Pellini, Raul; Petruzzi, Gerardo; Presutti, Livio; Sarno, Antonio; Succo, Giovanni; Valerini, Sara; Rizzotto, Giuseppe
- Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the functional and oncologic outcomes of adjuvant (chemo)radiation [(C)RT] after open partial horizontal laryngectomies (OPHLs). Methods: Multicenter retrospective evaluation of 130 patients (116 males, 14 females) submitted between 1995 and 2017 to OPHL Types II and III for laryngeal cancer and receiving adjuvant (C)RT for one or more of the following risk factors at histopathologic examination of the surgical specimen: pT4a and/or > pN2a categories, close/positive resection margins, or presence of both perineural (PNI) and lympho-vascular invasion (LVI). The primary study endpoints were evaluation of the presence of tracheostomy and/or gastrostomy at last follow-up, and calculation of laryngo-esophageal dysfunction-free survival (LEDFS). Results: Mean age of the study cohort was 60.8 ± 8.9 years (median, 62; interquartile range [IQR], 13). Mean follow-up was 50.7 ± 39.4 months (range 24–188; median, 38; IQR, 51). Adjuvant therapy consisted of CRT in 53 (41%) patients, and RT alone in 77 (59%). Five-year LEDFS was 85%. Overall survival was 71.5%, while 13% of patients remained tracheostomy- and 3% gastrostomy-dependent at the last follow-up. The only significant variable in predicting survival (p = 0.020) was tracheostomy dependence: it was maintained in 7.5% of subjects after OPHL Type II and in 34% of those submitted to OHPL Type III (p < 0.001). Conclusions: In selected patients affected by advanced laryngeal cancer, OPHLs Type II and III have a relatively good laryngeal safety profile and provide favorable oncologic outcomes even in case of need for adjuvant (C)RT.
- Subjects
LARYNGEAL cancer; LARYNGECTOMY; SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma; SURGICAL margin; OVERALL survival; FUNCTIONAL assessment; RADIOTHERAPY
- Publication
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2021, Vol 278, Issue 10, p4059
- ISSN
0937-4477
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00405-021-06651-6