Prognostic factors for survival after salvage total laryngectomy following radiotherapy or chemoradiation failure: a 10-year retrospective longitudinal study in eastern Denmark

N B Wulff; E Andersen; C A Kristensen; C H Sørensen; B Charabi; P Homøe

doi:10.1111/coa.12726

Prognostic factors for survival after salvage total laryngectomy following radiotherapy or chemoradiation failure: a 10-year retrospective longitudinal study in eastern Denmark

N B Wulff, E Andersen, C A Kristensen, C H Sørensen, B Charabi, P Homøe

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The primary aims were to determine the rates of and prognostic factors for overall survival, disease-specific survival and disease-free survival following salvage total laryngectomy.

DESIGN: Retrospective longitudinal study.

SETTING: Tertiary medical centres.

PARTICIPANTS: A total of 142 patients in eastern Denmark undergoing salvage total laryngectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx or hypopharynx.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: 5-year overall survival, 5-year disease-specific survival, 5-year disease-free survival and prognostic factors for these outcomes.

RESULTS: 5-year overall survival, disease-specific survival and disease-free survival were 37.7%, 54.9% and 55.3%, respectively. N classification at primary diagnosis, lymph node excision and postoperative complications within 1 year after salvage total laryngectomy were prognostic factors for shorter overall survival, disease-specific survival and disease-free survival. Residual tumour/recurrence was negatively associated with overall survival, close or involved resection margins with disease-specific survival, and second primary cancer was associated with longer disease-specific survival and disease-free survival. Nine per cent of all patients had residual tumour and 33.8% developed a recurrence.

CONCLUSION: Our overall survival, disease-specific survival and disease-free survival findings are in accordance with previous studies. With the purpose of identifying recurrent tumour, we suggest extra attention being given to patients with higher N classification and need for lymph node excision during salvage total laryngectomy along with use of frozen sections. The high number of patients with recurrence within 1 year after salvage total laryngectomy occurred although thorough and regular follow-up visits were performed.

Original language	English
Journal	Clinical Otolaryngology
Volume	42
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	336-346
ISSN	1749-4478
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/coa.12726
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2017

Keywords

Aged
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/surgery
Chemoradiotherapy
Denmark
Female
Humans
Laryngeal Neoplasms/surgery
Laryngectomy/methods
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Salvage Therapy
Survival Rate
Treatment Failure

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Prognostic factors for survival after salvage total laryngectomy following radiotherapy or chemoradiation failure: a 10-year retrospective longitudinal study in eastern Denmark. / Wulff, N B; Andersen, E; Kristensen, C A et al.
In: Clinical Otolaryngology, Vol. 42, No. 2, 01.04.2017, p. 336-346.

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