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Pandit P, Patil R, Palwe V, Gandhe S, Manek D, Patil R, Roy S, Yasam VR, Nagarkar VR, Nagarkar R. Depth of Invasion, Lymphovascular Invasion, and Perineural Invasion as Predictors of Neck Node Metastasis in Early Oral Cavity Cancers. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2023; 75:1511-1516. [PMID: 37636778 PMCID: PMC10447720 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-023-03637-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2023] Open
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Aims The present study examines the role of demographic and pathological features of primary tumours in predicting neck metastasis in early oral cavity cancers, which has been a matter of debate. Methods A single-centre, retrospective, institution review was conducted of all the patients presented to our centre from January 2014 to December 2021. Patient characteristics were compared between the two lymph node groups (lymph node positive and lymph node negative) and significant prognostic factors were determined. Results A total of 462 oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients were included, 407 male and 55 female. Tobacco chewing (59.2%) was a major habit with buccal mucosa (49.5%) and tongue (44.8%) as primary sites. The majority of the patient's histology was of SCC (96.8%) with grade II (moderately differentiated, 74.5%). Univariate logistic regression analysis to predict lymph node metastasis showed pT size (< 0.001), LVI (< 0.001), and PNI (< 0.001) as significant tumor characteristics. On multivariate, pT size (OR-1.58, P - 0.0001) and LVI (OR-19.70, P - 0.0001) were reported to be statistically significant to predict lymph node metastasis. Conclusion Reporting and studying the clinico-pathological features of primary tumors can give vital information in predicting the neck node metastasis in OSCC patients.
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- Prakash Pandit
- Department of Radiation Oncology, HCG Manavata Cancer Centre, Nashik, Maharashtra 422011 India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, HCG Manavata Cancer Centre, Nashik, Maharashtra 422011 India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, HCG Manavata Cancer Centre, Nashik, Maharashtra 422011 India
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- Department of Pathology, HCG Manavata Cancer Centre, Nashik, Maharashtra 422011 India
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- Department of Pathology, HCG Manavata Cancer Centre, Nashik, Maharashtra 422011 India
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- Department of Pathology, HCG Manavata Cancer Centre, Nashik, Maharashtra 422011 India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, HCG Manavata Cancer Centre, Nashik, Maharashtra 422011 India
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- Department of Academics, HCG Manavata Cancer Centre, Nashik, Maharashtra 422011 India
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- Department of Academics, HCG Manavata Cancer Centre, Nashik, Maharashtra 422011 India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, HCG Manavata Cancer Centre, Nashik, Maharashtra 422011 India
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Bukovszky B, Fodor J, Székely G, Tóth E, Major T, Oberna F, Takácsi-Nagy Z, Polgár C. Neck Node Squamous Cell Metastasis from Unknown Primary and Mutagen Sensitivity: A Case Series. Case Rep Oncol 2023; 16:1598-1605. [PMID: 38116298 PMCID: PMC10730097 DOI: 10.1159/000533708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023] Open
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Most of the neck node metastases from cancer of unknown primary (CUP) are squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs). The majority of which are human papillomavirus (HPV)-related, frequently show cystic morphology referring to Waldeyer's ring origin. Here, we report four cases of neck node SCCs metastases from CUP. In our institute, 432 patients with head and neck (HN) SCC underwent pretreatment mutagen sensitivity (MS) assay between 1996 and 2006. Among them, 4 patients ≤50 years of age had metastatic cervical nodes from CUP. The primary treatment was cervical node dissection ± radiotherapy. All patients had elevated (>1.0 chromatid break/cell) MS. One male patient died of progressive neck metastasis within 3 years and the 3 female patients are still alive more than 15 years after initial treatment of HPV+ (two) or cystic (one) SCC. Two female patients developed second and third distant site metachronous primary cancers. HPV+ or cystic HNSCC from CUP with elevated MS indicates good outcome. Distant site metachronous cancers of different histologic origins cannot be explained by field cancerization. The clinical significance of elevated MS in neck node SCC metastasis from CUP requires further investigation.
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- Botond Bukovszky
- Department of Oncology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Oral Diagnostics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Oncology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Oncology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Oncology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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Costa JM, Sumarroca A, Rodríguez C, Gutiérrez A, García J, López M, Quer M, León X. Prognostic value of nodal involvement in patients with oropharyngeal carcinoma according to the HPV status. Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp (Engl Ed) 2020; 71:212-218. [PMID: 31924300 DOI: 10.1016/j.otorri.2019.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2019] [Revised: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Different studies performed in populations with a high incidence of HPV infection have found no prognostic capacity of clinical nodal involvement (cN+) in patients with HPV-positive oropharyngeal carcinomas. The objective of this study was to assess the prognostic ability of nodal involvement in patients with oropharyngeal carcinomas according to HPV status in a cancer population with a low incidence of HPV infection. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective study of a cohort of 420 patients with oropharyngeal carcinomas treated during the period 1990-2016 for whom information on HPV status was available. RESULTS 14.8% of the patients included in the study had HPV-positive tumours. In relation to patients without nodal involvement (cN0), nodal involvement at diagnosis (cN+) significantly decreased the specific survival of patients with HPV-negative oropharyngeal carcinomas. Conversely, no differences in survival were found for patients with HPV-positive tumours according to the presence of nodal involvement. A history of toxic consumption did not change the absence of prognostic significance of nodal involvement for patients with HPV-positive tumours. CONCLUSIONS Regional involvement at the time of diagnosis is not a prognostic variable for patients with HPV-positive oropharyngeal carcinomas.
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- Jose-Miguel Costa
- Servicio de ORL y Cirugía de Cabeza y Cuello, Hospital Moisès Broggi, Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, España.
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- Servicio de ORL y Cirugía de Cabeza y Cuello, Hospital Moisès Broggi, Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, España
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Majumdar KS, Rao VUS, Prasad R, Ramaswamy V, Sinha P, Subash A. Incidence of Micrometastasis and Isolated Tumour Cells in Clinicopathologically Node-Negative Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. J Maxillofac Oral Surg 2020; 19:131-5. [PMID: 31988576 DOI: 10.1007/s12663-019-01239-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Introduction Occult neck node metastasis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) in the form of micrometastasis and isolated tumour cell (ITC) often goes unnoticed in the routine pathological examination. This limitation can be overcome by using serial sectioning and immunohistochemistry for detection of micrometastasis and ITC in clinically and pathologically node-negative neck. The primary objective was to determine the incidence of micrometastasis and ITC in the selective neck dissection specimen, whereas to determine the levels of lymph nodes involved, depending upon the site of primary tumour, was the secondary objective. Materials and Methods Lymph nodes from selective neck dissection specimen were subjected to serial sectioning and immunohistochemistry with pan-cytokeratin marker. Incidence of micrometastasis and ITC, site and stage of primary tumours and level of lymph nodes involved were determined. Results In total, 8.8% patients in the study got upstaged after serial sectioning and immunohistochemistry. Tongue and lower alveolar primaries showed the presence of micrometastasis and ITC in neck nodes. All the primary tumours were of pT1 stage. Level IB and II lymph nodes were primarily involved. Conclusion Micrometastasis and isolated tumour cells are found in approximately 9% of cases of early-stage oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. The predictive factors and clinical significance are still unknown. More prospective trials are required to solve this evolving aspect of HNSCC.
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García J, López M, López L, Bagué S, Granell E, Quer M, León X. Validation of the pathological classification of lymph node metastasis for head and neck tumors according to the 8th edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors. Oral Oncol 2017. [PMID: 28622888 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVES One of the main changes in the 8th edition of the TNM Classification for head and neck tumors is the inclusion of extracapsular spread (ECS) as a criterion for evaluating the regional extension, both clinical (cN) and pathological (pN). The objective of our study is to evaluate the prognostic capacity derived from the inclusion of the ECS in the pathological classification of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients treated with a neck dissection, as established by the 8th edition TNM Classification. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective study of 1188 patients with HNSCC treated with a neck dissection between1990 and 2013. RESULTS There were lymph node metastasis in 50.1% of the neck dissections. The pathological record revealed ECS in 50.5% of the positive neck dissections. The implementation of the changes of the 8th edition TNM classification produced the upstaging of 20.9% of the patients classified as pN1 with the 7th edition TNM classification to pN2a¸ and the upstaging of 58.4% of the patients classified as pN2 with the 7th edition TNM classification to pN3b. We conducted an objective comparison of the quality of both classifications. The 8th TNM classification edition achieved better results regarding both the discrimination in cause-specific survival between pN categories and in the distribution in the number of cases between categories than the 7th edition TNM classification. CONCLUSION The inclusion of ECS in the pathological classification (pN) of the neck nodes improves the prognostic capacity of the 8th TNM Classification edition.
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- Jacinto García
- Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pathology Department, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pathology Department, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Radiology Department, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain.
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