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Desai N, Divatia MK, Jadhav A, Wagh A. Aggressive Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: A Review. Curr Oncol 2023; 30:6634-6647. [PMID: 37504347 PMCID: PMC10378287 DOI: 10.3390/curroncol30070487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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Non-melanoma skin cancer of the head and neck (NMSCHN) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide, and its incidence is growing at a significant rate. It has been found to be aggressive in its spread and has the capacity to metastasize to regional lymph nodes. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) has a considerably high mortality rate. It has remarkable characteristics: diameter >2 cm, depth >5 mm, high recurrence, perineural invasion, and locoregional metastases. Aggressive cSCC lesions most commonly metastasize to the parotid gland. Also, immunocompromised patients have a higher risk of developing this aggressive cancer along with the worst prognostic outcomes. It is very important to discuss and assess the risk factors, prognostic factors, and outcomes of patients with cSCC, which will give clinicians future directives for making modifications to their treatment plans. The successful treatment of aggressive cSCC of the head and neck includes early detection and diagnosis, surgery alone or adjuvant chemotherapy, and radiotherapy as required. Multimodal therapy options should be considered by clinicians for better outcomes of aggressive cSCC of the head and neck.
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Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Immunocompromised Patients—A Comparison between Different Immunomodulating Conditions. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15061764. [PMID: 36980651 PMCID: PMC10046308 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15061764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
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Background: Immunosuppression is strongly associated with an increased risk of developing cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC). Studies on solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients have already demonstrated higher rates of aggressive cSCC tumors in these populations compared to immunocompetent controls. Studies on other immunosuppressed patient groups are scarce. This study was aimed at assessing the effects of different immunomodulating conditions on patients diagnosed with cSCC. We sought to compare the clinical features, treatments, and survival rates among the different study groups, as well as outcomes to those of immunocompetent controls with cSCC. Methods: A retrospective analysis of 465 cSCC patients, both immunosuppressed (IS) and immunocompetent controls. Etiologies for immunosuppression included SOTR, CLL, chronic kidney disease (CKD), psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematous (SLE). Results: Compared to the control group, IS patients demonstrated several significant differences. These include higher rates of positive resection margins, higher recurrence rates, and multiple SCC tumors. Patients in the IS group, who were also given immunomodulating agents, demonstrated even lower survival rates. Cox regression analysis demonstrated statistically significant decreased overall survival (OS) rates for IS patients compared to the controls (OR = 1.9, p = 0.031). SOTR patients tend to have multiple cSCC tumors (35%), with the highest number of primary tumors compared to controls (2.54 tumors per patient on average, p < 0.001), but also compared to all other IS groups. The average SCC lesion size in the SOTR group was the smallest, measuring at 13.5 mm, compared to the control group and all other IS groups. Decreased survival rates were seen on Cox regression analysis compared to controls (HR = 2.4, p = 0.001), but also to all other IS groups. CLL patients also had the highest rates of positive margins compared to controls (36% vs. 9%, p < 0.01) and to all other IS groups. They were also most likely to get adjuvant or definitive oncological treatments, either radiotherapy or chemotherapy, compared to controls (36% vs. 15%, p = 0.02) and to other IS groups. Patients in the CKD group demonstrated the highest rates for multiple cSCC (OR = 4.7, p = 0.001) and the worst rates of survival on Cox regression analysis (HR = 3.2, p = 0.001). Both rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis patients demonstrated the shortest disease-free survival rates (2.9y ± 1.1, 2.3y ± 0.7, respectively), compared to controls (4.1y ± 2.8) and to all other IS groups. Conclusions: Among cSCC patients, immunosuppression due to SOTR, CLL, CKD, RA, and psoriasis is associated with worse outcomes compared to controls and other IS groups. These patients should be regarded as high-risk for developing aggressive cSCC tumors. This study is the first to assess and compare cSCC outcomes among multiple IS patient groups.
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Melo GMD, Guilherme LH, Palumbo MDN, Rosano M, Neves MCD, Callegari FM, Abrahao M, Cervantes O. Parotidectomy and neck dissection in locally advanced and relapsed cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2022; 88 Suppl 4:S152-S162. [PMID: 35042657 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2021.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the prognostic factors to developing parotid and neck metastasis in locally advanced and relapsed Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (CSCC) of the head and neck region. METHODS Single-center retrospective cohort study enrolling consecutive patients with advanced CSCC from 2009 to 2019. Seventy-four cases were identified. Study variables demographic data, clinical skin tumor stage, neck stage, parotid stage (P stage), surgical treatment features, and parotid, regional, and distant metastases. Survival measures: Overall Survival (OS) and Disease-Specific Survival (DSS). RESULTS The study group included 72.9% men (median age, 67 years); 67.5% showed T2/T3 tumors, 90.5% comorbidities, 20.2% immunosuppressed, with median follow-up: 35.8 months. The most frequent skin primary were auricular and eyelid regions, 75% underwent primary resection with flap reconstruction. Parotid metastasis was present in 50%, 32.4% showing parotid extracapsular spread, multivariate analysis found OR = 37.6 of positive parotid metastasis evolving into positive neck metastasis, p = 0.001. Occult neck metastasis, neck metastasis, and neck extracapsular spread were observed in 13.5%, 51.3%, and 37.8%, respectively. Kaplan-Meier survival: Clinical T4 versus T1, p = 0.028, P1 stage: 30% and 5% survival at 5 and 10 years, P3 stage: 0%, p = 0.016; OS and DSS showed negative survival for the parotid metastasis group, p = 0.0283. CONCLUSION Our outcomes support a surgically aggressive approach for locally advanced and relapsed CSCC, with partial parotidectomy for P0, total parotidectomy for P1-3, selective I-III neck dissection for all patients and adjuvant radiochemotherapy to appropriately treat these patients with advanced CSCC of the head and neck region. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE II b - Retrospective Cohort Study - Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (OCEBM).
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- Giulianno Molina de Melo
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, Departamento de Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, Departamento de Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Departamento de Patologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, Departamento de Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Departamento de Patologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Mooney CP, Clark JR, Shannon K, Palme CE, Ebrahimi A, Gao K, Ch'ng S, Elliott M, Gupta R, Low THH. The significance of regional metastasis location in head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Head Neck 2021; 43:2705-2711. [PMID: 34019319 DOI: 10.1002/hed.26744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Regional metastasis of head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (HNcSCC) can be seen in either parotid and/or cervical lymph nodes. The aim of this study was to assess whether there was a difference in prognosis between parotid and cervical nodal metastases. METHODS Patients with regional metastasis from HNcSCC were identified from an institutional database. Disease-specific (DSS) and overall survival (OS) were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards models. RESULTS Five hundred and thirty-five patients were identified with median follow-up of 26.4 months (3-255 months). Two hundred and thirty-five patients had parotid metastasis, 96 patients had neck metastasis, and 204 patients had both. On multivariable analysis, any regional metastasis to the neck when compared to parotid alone conferred worse DSS (HR 1.8, p = 0.007) and OS (HR 1.3, p = 0.024). CONCLUSION Regional metastasis of HNcSCC to the neck confers worse outcomes compared to metastasis to the parotid alone.
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- Craig P Mooney
- Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Academic Surgery, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Medical School, College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Academic Surgery, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Department of Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW Health Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Keeping S, Xu Y, Chen CI, Cope S, Mojebi A, Kuznik A, Konidaris G, Ayers D, Sasane M, Allen R, Huynh TMT, Popoff E, Freeman M, Andria ML, Fury MG, Singh K, Stockfleth E, Challapalli A, Schmults CD. Comparative efficacy of cemiplimab versus other systemic treatments for advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Future Oncol 2020; 17:611-627. [PMID: 33052055 DOI: 10.2217/fon-2020-0823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Aim: To estimate the comparative efficacy of cemiplimab, a programmed cell death protein 1 inhibitor, versus EGFR inhibitors, pembrolizumab and platinum-based chemotherapy in terms of overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival. Patients & methods: We performed an indirect treatment comparison of cemiplimab and other available systemic therapies for patients with advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Results: Cemiplimab was associated with benefits in OS (hazard ratios range: 0.07-0.52) and progression-free survival (hazard ratios range: 0.30-0.67) versus EGFR inhibitors and pembrolizumab (data from KEYNOTE-629). Cemiplimab was more efficacious versus platinum-based chemotherapy in terms of OS. Conclusion: Cemiplimab may offer improvements in survival for advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma patients compared with existing systemic therapies.
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- Sam Keeping
- Precision HEOR, Vancouver, BC V6H 3Y4, Canada
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA
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- Precision HEOR, Vancouver, BC V6H 3Y4, Canada
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA
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- Precision HEOR, Vancouver, BC V6H 3Y4, Canada
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Bristol Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, BS2 8ED, UK
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- Brigham & Women's/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Elghouche AN, Pflum ZE, Schmalbach CE. Immunosuppression Impact on Head and Neck Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2018; 160:439-446. [DOI: 10.1177/0194599818808511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Objective The primary objective was to define and quantify the relationship between immunosuppression and prognosis in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Data Sources Ovid/Medline, PubMed, Embase, and Scopus were searched from inception through June 5, 2017, with cross-referenced subject headings of squamous cell carcinoma, skin neoplasms, head and neck neoplasms, and prognosis. Additional gray literature was queried. Review Methods All prospective, retrospective, and cohort studies in the English literature investigating prognosis in patients with head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma were eligible for inclusion. Meta-analysis data were pooled using the fixed-effects model. The main outcome measures were hazard ratios detailing subgroup analysis between immunosuppressed and immunocompetent patients. Results Seventeen studies were eligible for inclusion; 317 of the 2886 patients were immunosuppressed. Meta-analysis with pooled hazard ratios was performed for all outcome variables with at least 3 reported hazard ratios. Immunosuppression portended a worse prognosis across all outcome variables of interest: locoregional recurrence (2.20; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.45-3.36), disease-free survival (2.69; 95% CI, 1.60-4.51), disease-specific survival (3.61; 95% CI, 2.63-4.95), and overall survival (2.09; 95% CI, 1.64-2.67). Conclusion This is the largest investigation into the impact of immunosuppression on head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Immunosuppressed patients experience worse recurrence and survival outcomes compared to immunocompetent counterparts. The data support formal inclusion of immunosuppression in head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma staging systems.
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- Alhasan N. Elghouche
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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