Salvage surgery in head and neck cancer: Does it improve outcomes?
Head and neck cancer
Neck dissection
Recurrent
Residual
Salvage surgery
Journal
European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology
ISSN: 1532-2157
Titre abrégé: Eur J Surg Oncol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8504356
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2020
06 2020
Historique:
received:
15
09
2019
revised:
18
12
2019
accepted:
12
01
2020
pubmed:
6
2
2020
medline:
16
12
2020
entrez:
5
2
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Studies reporting outcomes of salvage surgery in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LAHNSCC) have inherent biases like biological and temporal selection. Our study considered all patients deemed fit for salvage surgery and compared to those who underwent surgery versus those who refused it thus throwing light on the real world benefit of salvage surgery. This was a post hoc analysis of a phase 3 randomized trial conducted between 2012 and 2018. Out of 536 LAHNSCC patients randomised in the study, 113 patients had residual disease or recurrent disease and were planned for salvage surgery in a multidisciplinary clinic. Patients were divided into 2 cohorts for comparison, willing for salvage surgery (n = 91) and unwilling for salvage surgery(n = 22). The primary endpoint was overall survival. The median follow up was 28.7 months (95%CI 23.9-33.5 months). Out of the 91 patients who were willing for salvage surgery, 78 underwent same. The median survival in cohort of patients willing for salvage surgery was 22.0 months (95%CI 10.1-33.9) while it was 9.7 months (95%CI 6.6-12.8) in patients who were unwilling for salvage surgery (HR = 0.262 95%CI HR 0.147-0.469, p = 0.000). Salvage surgery leads to a substantial improvement in outcomes in head and neck cancers and should be the de facto standard of care in patients who are eligible for the same.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Studies reporting outcomes of salvage surgery in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LAHNSCC) have inherent biases like biological and temporal selection. Our study considered all patients deemed fit for salvage surgery and compared to those who underwent surgery versus those who refused it thus throwing light on the real world benefit of salvage surgery.
METHODS
This was a post hoc analysis of a phase 3 randomized trial conducted between 2012 and 2018. Out of 536 LAHNSCC patients randomised in the study, 113 patients had residual disease or recurrent disease and were planned for salvage surgery in a multidisciplinary clinic. Patients were divided into 2 cohorts for comparison, willing for salvage surgery (n = 91) and unwilling for salvage surgery(n = 22). The primary endpoint was overall survival.
RESULTS
The median follow up was 28.7 months (95%CI 23.9-33.5 months). Out of the 91 patients who were willing for salvage surgery, 78 underwent same. The median survival in cohort of patients willing for salvage surgery was 22.0 months (95%CI 10.1-33.9) while it was 9.7 months (95%CI 6.6-12.8) in patients who were unwilling for salvage surgery (HR = 0.262 95%CI HR 0.147-0.469, p = 0.000).
CONCLUSION
Salvage surgery leads to a substantial improvement in outcomes in head and neck cancers and should be the de facto standard of care in patients who are eligible for the same.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32014275
pii: S0748-7983(20)30024-X
doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2020.01.019
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Clinical Trial, Phase III
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1052-1058Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest None of the other authors have anything to declare that maybe considered as potential competing interests.