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Meerwein CM, Stadler TM, Balermpas P, Soyka MB, Holzmann D. Diagnostic pathway and stage migration of sinonasal malignancies in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol 2021; 6:904-910. [PMID: 34667832 PMCID: PMC8513453 DOI: 10.1002/lio2.640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES The COVID-19 pandemic bears the risk of delayed cancer diagnoses. METHODS Study on the diagnostic pathway of sinonasal malignancies during the COVID-19 pandemic. RESULTS Median time from first symptom to treatment initiation was not increased during the pandemic: 137 days (interquartile range [IQR] 104-193) vs 139 days (IQR 103-219) (P = .60). Median time from first appointment at our institution to treatment initiation was even reduced in 2020: 18 days (IQR 11-25) vs 11 days (IQR 7-17) (P = .02). A trend toward advanced tumor stages during the pandemic was seen: 11/30 patients (36.7%) ≥ stage 4 in 2018 to 2019 vs 12/19 patients (63.2%) ≥ stage 4 in 2020 (P = .064). CONCLUSION Both, time to diagnosis and time to treatment initiation were similar during the pandemic. However, a higher proportion of advanced tumors stages was observed. Despite the pandemic, we provided a swift diagnostic workflow, including a virtual tumor board decision and a prompt treatment initiation. Level of Evidence: 4.
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- Christian M. Meerwein
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck SurgeryUniversity Hospital ZurichZurichSwitzerland
- University of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck SurgeryUniversity Hospital ZurichZurichSwitzerland
- University of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- University of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
- Department of Radiation OncologyUniversity Hospital ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck SurgeryUniversity Hospital ZurichZurichSwitzerland
- University of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck SurgeryUniversity Hospital ZurichZurichSwitzerland
- University of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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Bussu F, Tagliaferri L, Piras A, Rizzo D, Tsatsaris N, De Corso E, Parrilla C, Paludetti G. Multidisciplinary approach to nose vestibule malignancies: setting new standards. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 41:S158-S165. [PMID: 34060531 PMCID: PMC8172111 DOI: 10.14639/0392-100x-suppl.1-41-2021-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 10/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Nose vestibule malignancies, mainly SCCs, are considered rare neoplasms. In the present paper, we review the current state of the art concerning classification and treatment, and describe current evidence supporting a paradigm shift. In the current AJCC classification nose vestibule is considered part of nasal cavity/ethmoid. In daily clinical practice, nose vestibule lesions are often misclassified as skin primaries. This leads to an underestimation of the real incidence and to a mis-management. When nose vestibule primaries are correctly classified as nose primaries, the current AJCC TNM appears inadequate for prognostic stratification and an old staging system described 4 decades ago by Wang has been demonstrated to be more reliable in the literature and is preferred in centers with the largest volume of cases treated. The principles of Wang classification should be applied and nose vestibule acknowledged as a new distinct subsite of nose and paranasal sinuses by the AJCC/UICC. Surgery, External Beam RadioTherapy (EBRT) and Interventional RadioTherapy (IRT, BrachyTherapy BT) are the current therapeutic options for nose vestibule (NV) SCC. Increasing evidence demonstrates that IRT, with a proper multidisciplinary approach, is at least equivalent to surgery and EBRT for treatment of the primary lesions in terms of oncological outcomes, but markedly superior in terms of cosmetic and functional results, supporting HDR (high dose rate) IRT as the new standard for the treatment of the primary lesion in these malignancies. To optimize the advantages of IRT as primary therapeutic modality we set up a new approach to the implantation phase of IRT exploiting the anatomic planes of esthetic and functional nose surgery and the potential of intensity modulated and image guided brachytherapy to avoid septal and alar perforation (anatomic implantation).
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- Francesco Bussu
- Otolaryngology Division, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Sassari, Italy.,UOC di Otorinolaringoiatria, Dipartimento Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Neurologiche, Ortopediche e della Testa Collo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, UOC Radioterapia Oncologica, Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Rome, Italy
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- Otolaryngology Division, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Sassari, Italy
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- Otolaryngology, Dipartimento delle Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Sperimentali, Università di Sassari, Italy
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- Otolaryngology Division, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Sassari, Italy
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- UOC di Otorinolaringoiatria, Dipartimento Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Neurologiche, Ortopediche e della Testa Collo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- UOC di Otorinolaringoiatria, Dipartimento Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Neurologiche, Ortopediche e della Testa Collo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- UOC di Otorinolaringoiatria, Dipartimento Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Neurologiche, Ortopediche e della Testa Collo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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