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Dayawansa S, Dumot C, Mantziaris G, Mehta GU, Lekovic GP, Kondziolka D, Mathieu D, Reda WA, Liscak R, Cheng-chia L, Kaufmann AM, Barnet G, Trifiletti DM, Lunsford LD, Sheehan J. Facial Nerve Schwannoma Treatment with Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) versus Resection followed by SRS: Outcomes and a Management Protocol. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2024; 85:75-80. [PMID: 38274481 PMCID: PMC10807954 DOI: 10.1055/a-1990-2861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and resection are treatment options for patients with facial nerve schwannomas without mass effect. Objective This article evaluates outcomes of patients treated with SRS versus resection + SRS. Method We retrospectively compared 43 patients treated with SRS to 12 patients treated with resection + SRS. The primary study outcome was unfavorable combined endpoint, defined as worsening or new clinical symptoms, and/or tumor radiological progression. SRS (38.81 ± 5.3) and resection + SRS (67.14 ± 11.8) groups had similar clinical follow-ups. Results At the time of SRS, the tumor volumes of SRS (mean ± standard error; 1.83 ± 0.35 mL) and resection + SRS (2.51 ± 0.75 mL) groups were similar. SRS (12.15 ± 0.08 Gy) and resection + SRS (12.16 ± 0.14 Gy) groups received similar radiation doses. SRS group (42/43, 98%) had better local tumor control than the resection + SRS group (10/12, 83%, p = 0.04). Most of SRS (32/43, 74%) and resection + SRS (10/12, 83%) group patients reached a favorable combined endpoint following SRS ( p = 0.52). Considering surgical associated side effects, only 2/10 patients of the resection + SRS group reached a favorable endpoint ( p < 0.001). Patients of SRS group, who are > 34 years old ( p = 0.02), have larger tumors (> 4 mL, 0.04), internal auditory canal (IAC) segment tumor involvement ( p = 0.01) were more likely to reach an unfavorable endpoint. Resection + SRS group patients did not show such a difference. Conclusion While resection is still needed for larger tumors, SRS offers better clinical and radiological outcomes compared to resection followed by SRS for facial schwannomas. Younger age, smaller tumors, and non-IAC situated tumors are factors that portend a favorable outcome.
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- Sam Dayawansa
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Gamma Knife Surgery Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States
- Department of Neurosurgery, House Clinic, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Gamma Knife Center Cairo, Nasser Institute Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
- Department of Neurosurgery, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Stereotactic and Radiation Neurosurgery, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Veteran General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Yang-Ming University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Neuro Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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Shi MW, Huang J, Sun Y. Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Expecting Its Application in Temporal Bone Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Curr Med Sci 2023; 43:213-222. [PMID: 36971976 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-023-2700-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Temporal bone malignant tumors are characterized by atypical clinical symptoms, and easy recurrence and metastasis. They account for 0.2% of head and neck tumors, and the most common pathological type is squamous cell carcinoma. Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the temporal bone are often at advanced stages when diagnosed, and lose the chance for surgery. Neoadjuvant immunotherapy has recently been approved as the first-line treatment for refractory recurrent/metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. However, it remains to be determined whether neoadjuvant immunotherapy can be used as the first-line treatment for temporal bone squamous cell carcinoma to reduce the tumor stage before surgery, or as a palliative treatment for patients with unresectable advanced stage carcinoma. The present study reviews the development of immunotherapy and its clinical application in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, summarizes the treatment of temporal bone squamous cell carcinoma, and prospects the neoadjuvant immunotherapy as the first-line treatment for temporal bone squamous cell carcinoma.
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- Meng-Wen Shi
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
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Gore MR. Treatment, Survival, and Demographics in Temporal Bone Malignancies: A Pooled Data Analysis. Cureus 2022; 14:e31973. [DOI: 10.7759/cureus.31973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Zhong S, Zuo W. Treatment Strategies for Malignancies of the External Auditory Canal. Curr Treat Options Oncol 2022; 23:43-53. [PMID: 35167009 PMCID: PMC8891096 DOI: 10.1007/s11864-021-00931-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Malignant tumors of the external auditory canal (EAC) are rare tumors in the head and neck. Delayed diagnosis is not uncommon because the symptoms of early tumors are nonspecific. Various surgical and oncological treatment modalities have been reported. Decision-making depends on pathological feature and stage of the lesions, patient’s general condition and preference, and physician’s experience and skill. Radical surgery is widely accepted as the primary treatment of choice. Postoperative radiotherapy is used more often to improve local and regional control of the disease. Chemotherapy is usually recommended for advanced disease, residual disease, and metastasis. Prognosis is affected by multiple factors such as TNM stage, surgical margin, pathological type and differentiation of tumor, involvement of facial nerve, and so on. Although the survival rate is improved significantly over the past several decades with the development of skull base surgery, neuroradiology, anesthesiology, and oncology, it remains challenging to diagnose and treat EAC malignancies due to the rarity, the local anatomical complexity of temporal bone, and the lack of standard TNM staging system.
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- Shixun Zhong
- Department of Otolaryngology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 1 Youyi Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400016, China.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 1 Youyi Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400016, China
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Takaoka T, Tomita N, Shido Y, Baba S, Fukushima M, Sugie C, Shibamoto Y. Radiotherapy for a rare phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor in the middle ear presenting with oncogenic osteomalacia: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2021; 100:e27284. [PMID: 34559137 PMCID: PMC8462650 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000027284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor (PMT) is a rare neoplasm causing oncogenic osteomalacia. Surgery remains the definitive treatment for PMT, and radiotherapy is seldom employed. However, surgery for PMT involving the head and neck is often difficult due to the local invasion and complicated anatomy. We report the first case of PMT, which was successfully treated with the combination of radiotherapy and supplementation of activated vitamin D. PATIENT CONCERNS A 55-year-old woman suffered from pain in the hip and bilateral femur. Serum phosphate and calcium decreased to abnormal levels. Serum alkaline phosphatase and fibroblast growth factor 23 increased to abnormal levels. The hearing loss of the right ear had continued and a middle ear tumor was revealed. DIAGNOSES Subsequent biopsy provided the diagnosis of PMT that caused oncogenic osteomalacia. These clinical and pathological characteristics were consistent with and provided the final diagnosis of benign PMT. INTERVENTIONS Surgery of the PMT was difficult and the patient underwent radiotherapy. The prescribed dose was 36 Gy in 10 fractions. Simultaneously, the patient started supplementation of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1-2 μg/day) and continued for 2 years. OUTCOMES Near-complete resolution of the symptoms was achieved and abnormal laboratory values recovered. At 5 years of follow-up, the irradiated tumor showed no regrowth. Severe hearing loss of the right ear was not observed. LESSONS Radiotherapy was effective for the PMT and could be an important treatment option for inoperable cases.
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- Taiki Takaoka
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Narita Memorial Proton Center, Toyohashi, Japan
- Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Japanese Red Cross Aichi Medical Center Nagoya Daini Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Narita Memorial Proton Center, Toyohashi, Japan
- Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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Mori Y, Mizumatsu S. Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Localized External Auditory Canal Carcinomas: Report of Four Cases. Cureus 2021; 13:e14499. [PMID: 34007752 PMCID: PMC8122885 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.14499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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External auditory canal carcinoma (EACC) is sometimes diagnosed at an early stage because it arises superficially in the ear canal and may cause ear obstruction symptoms early. In addition, in the early stage of EACCs, involvement of lymph nodes or distant metastases are reported less frequently. And so, stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) concentrating high-dose radiation on the primary tumor may be an effective option. The aim of this study is to evaluate the preliminary results of upfront SRT for early-stage localized EACCs. Four cases (four females, 84 to 98 years old) with EACC of N0M0 (=no lymph node involvement and no distant metastasis) were treated. All four tumors (0.30 - 11.1 ml in volume) were diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma histologically. A total dose of 24 - 33 Gy in 3 - 5 fractions (D95 [dose delivered to 95% of the target volume]=100% dose) was delivered by SRT using CyberKnife. All four cases were alive at the end of the follow-up period of 19 to 106 months. In three cases (tumor volume, 0.3 - 3.5 ml) the treated tumors had regressed or disappeared by the end of the follow-up period of 106, 28, and 19 months respectively. In the remaining one case, the treated tumor (11.1 ml) regrew and cervical lymph node metastasis occurred, and both were treated with SRT again 6 months and 20 months after the initial SRT respectively. The tumors were still stable at 39 months after the initial SRT. In conclusion, in three cases the small tumors had regressed or disappeared without lymph node involvement or distant metastasis. In the remaining case, additional SRT was performed for recurrent tumors, after which the patient's condition remained stable. SRT may be an effective option for early-stage EACCs.
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- Yoshimasa Mori
- Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, JPN.,Neurological Surgery, Ookuma Hospital, Nagoya, JPN.,Neurological Surgery, Aoyama General Hospital, Toyokawa, JPN.,Radiation Oncology and Neurological Surgery, Shin-Yurigaoka General Hospital, Kawasaki, JPN
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Katano A, Takenaka R, Yamashita H, Ando M, Yoshida M, Saito Y, Asakage T, Abe O, Nakagawa K. A retrospective analysis of radiotherapy in the treatment of external auditory canal carcinoma. Mol Clin Oncol 2021; 14:45. [PMID: 33575029 DOI: 10.3892/mco.2021.2207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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External auditory canal carcinoma (EACC) is a rare disease. The current study aimed to evaluate the clinical outcomes of patients treated with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for EACC. The present study retrospectively reviewed 34 consecutive patients treated for EACC with EBRT between February 2001 and January 2019 at the University of Tokyo Hospital. Clinical staging was performed according to the modified Pittsburgh classification. Of all the included patients, seven patients were in the early stages (I or II) and 27 in the advanced stages (III or IV) of EACC. A total of 16 patients underwent EBRT and surgery (S+RT) pre- and/or postoperatively, while 18 patients underwent definitive radiotherapy (dRT). The median prescribed doses for the S+RT and dRT groups were 66 and 70 Gy, respectively. The median follow-up period for all patients was 22.4 months (range, 2-205 months). The 5-year overall survival rates of the S+RT and dRT groups were 66.7 and 45.1%, respectively. The progression-free survival rate at 5-year was 55.6% (95% confidence interval: 36.5-71.1%) for the entire cohort. A total of 14 patients experienced disease relapse after treatment, consisting of 11 locoregional recurrences and three distant metastases. The current study revealed the clinical outcomes of EBRT for EACC.
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- Atsuto Katano
- Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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Nabuurs CH, Kievit W, Labbé N, Leemans CR, Smit CFGM, van den Brekel MWM, Pauw RJ, van der Laan BFAM, Jansen JC, Lacko M, Braunius WW, Morita S, Wierzbicka M, Matoba T, Hanai N, Takes RP, Kunst HPM. Evaluation of the modified Pittsburgh classification for predicting the disease-free survival outcome of squamous cell carcinoma of the external auditory canal. Head Neck 2020; 42:3609-3622. [PMID: 32794253 PMCID: PMC7754129 DOI: 10.1002/hed.26424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the external auditory canal (EAC) is a rare disease, which is commonly classified with the modified Pittsburgh classification. Our aim was to evaluate the predictive performance of this classification in relation to disease‐free survival (DFS). Methods We examined retrospective data from a nationwide Dutch cohort study including patients with primary EAC SCC. These data were combined with individual patient data from the literature. Using the combined data, the predictive performances were calculated using the c‐index. Results A total of 381 patients were included, 294 for clinical and 281 for the pathological classification analyses. The c‐indices of the clinical and the pathological modified Pittsburgh classification predicting DFS were 0.725 (0.668‐0.782) and 0.729 (0.672‐0.786), respectively. Conclusion The predictive performance of the modified Pittsburgh classification system as such appears to be acceptable to predict the DFS of EAC SCC. Other factors need to be added to a future model to improve the predicted performance.
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- Cindy H Nabuurs
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Rare Cancers, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Rare Cancers, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Health Evidence, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht Cancer Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Nagoya City University Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.,Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Rare Cancers, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Rare Cancers, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Shinomiya H, Uehara N, Teshima M, Kakigi A, Otsuki N, Nibu KI. Clinical management for T1 and T2 external auditory canal cancer. Auris Nasus Larynx 2019; 46:785-789. [PMID: 30799138 DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2018] [Revised: 01/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to clarify the impact of superficial parotidectomy and postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) for the surgical treatment of early stage squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in external auditory canal (EAC). MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-seven patients with T1 (n = 14) or T2 (n = 19) SCC in EAC treated between 2000 and 2016 at Kobe University Hospital were enrolled in this study. Thirty-three patients were operated with sleeve resection or lateral temporal bone resection. RESULTS The 5-year overall survival and disease-specific survival rates were 95% and 100%, respectively. Surgical margin was positive in 4 patients, who were treated by PORT and have been alive without disease. Prophylactic superficial parotidectomy was simultaneously performed at the time of initial surgery in 15 patients, in whom no lymph node (LN) metastasis was observed. Among the other 22 patients, regional recurrence in parotid LN was observed in one patient, who was successfully salvaged by total parotidectomy. Potential parotid lymph node metastasis rates of T1 and T2 SCC in EAC was 0% (0/14) and 5% (1/19) respectively. CONCLUSIONS Complete resection without positive surgical margins is essential for the treatment of the patients with T1 and T2 ear cancers. Prophylactic superficial parotidectomy or neck dissection is not mandatory for T1 and T2 diseases, as long as precisely extent of disease is assessed preoperatively. PORT should be performed for the patients with positive surgical margins. LEVELS OF EVIDENCE 4.
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- Hirotaka Shinomiya
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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