The Value of Post-treatment Surveillance for Detection of Loco-regional Recurrences in Oral Tongue Cancer.
Oral tongue cancer
locoregional recurrence
post-treatment surveillance
survival
Journal
Anticancer research
ISSN: 1791-7530
Titre abrégé: Anticancer Res
Pays: Greece
ID NLM: 8102988
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Oct 2021
Historique:
received:
25
08
2021
revised:
09
09
2021
accepted:
10
09
2021
entrez:
1
10
2021
pubmed:
2
10
2021
medline:
12
10
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Follow-up after treatment for oral tongue cancer consists of routine follow-up visits for five years. It has been suggested that this program is inefficient for finding recurrences. The primary objective of this study was to investigate how recurrences are detected; at routine follow-up visits, at patient-initiated visits, or incidentally. The secondary objective was to investigate whether the two-year survival after diagnosis of recurrence depended on the manner of detection. Patients with recurrences from oral tongue cancer between 1988 and 2016 were included. Survival was analysed by the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test. A total of 75 patients were included. In 67% of patients, recurrences were detected at routine follow-up visits, and in 27% at patient-initiated visits. No significant difference in survival between the groups was found (p=0.56). The majority of recurrences were detected at routine follow-up visits. Patient-initiated recurrence detection did not lead to increased survival.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND/AIM
OBJECTIVE
Follow-up after treatment for oral tongue cancer consists of routine follow-up visits for five years. It has been suggested that this program is inefficient for finding recurrences. The primary objective of this study was to investigate how recurrences are detected; at routine follow-up visits, at patient-initiated visits, or incidentally. The secondary objective was to investigate whether the two-year survival after diagnosis of recurrence depended on the manner of detection.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
METHODS
Patients with recurrences from oral tongue cancer between 1988 and 2016 were included. Survival was analysed by the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test.
RESULTS
RESULTS
A total of 75 patients were included. In 67% of patients, recurrences were detected at routine follow-up visits, and in 27% at patient-initiated visits. No significant difference in survival between the groups was found (p=0.56).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
The majority of recurrences were detected at routine follow-up visits. Patient-initiated recurrence detection did not lead to increased survival.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34593455
pii: 41/10/5059
doi: 10.21873/anticanres.15321
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
5059-5063Informations de copyright
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