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ArticleStrahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al]2017

Vertically transmitted HPV-dependent squamous cell carcinoma of the external auditory canal : Case report of a child.

Miroslaw Snietura, Liliana Chelmecka-Wiktorczyk, Slawomir Pakulo, Agnieszka Kopec, Wojciech Piglowski, Grazyna Drabik, Bogdan Kosowski, Lukasz Wyrobek, Agata Stanek-Widera, Walentyna Balwierz

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Article in Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al], 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Current status of the diagnosis and treatment of temporal bone squamous cell carcinoma].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Miroslaw SnieturaTumor Pathology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Ul. Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101, Gliwice, Poland. mirek@snietura.net.
Liliana Chelmecka-WiktorczykDepartment of Oncology and Hematology, University Children's Hospital of Cracow, Cracow, Poland.
Slawomir PakuloTumor Pathology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Ul. Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101, Gliwice, Poland.
Agnieszka KopecTumor Pathology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Ul. Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101, Gliwice, Poland.
Wojciech PiglowskiTumor Pathology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Ul. Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101, Gliwice, Poland.
Grazyna DrabikPathology Department, University Children's Hospital of Cracow, Cracow, Poland.
Bogdan KosowskiNZOZ Prosmed, Cracow, Poland.
Lukasz WyrobekDepartment of Radiology, University Children's Hospital of Cracow, Cracow, Poland.
Agata Stanek-WideraTumor Pathology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Ul. Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101, Gliwice, Poland.
Walentyna BalwierzDepartment of Oncology and Hematology, University Children's Hospital of Cracow, Cracow, Poland.
The Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology · PLCracow University of Technology · PLJagiellonian University · PLNZOZ Centrum Alergologii · PLUniwersytecki Szpital Dziecięcy · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is much evidence that high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) plays a causative role in a subset of head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) in adults. HPV-positive tumors behave differently even in their response to treatment and are therefore a distinct subset. Both HPV-positive and HPV-negative tumors of the head and neck region are usually in the domain of adults and cases in children are rare; thus when a 2‑year-old child was diagnosed with this cancer in the external auditory canal, an in-depth assessment of the tumor was considered necessary. CASE REPORT: A 2‑year-old girl was born to a HPV-positive mother who was diagnosed with cervical cancer during pregnancy. The child was delivered by caesarean section and the mother died of her cancer 7 months after delivery. After the diagnosis of locally invasive HPV-positive squamous cell cancer of the external auditory canal, the child was treated surgically, and with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Full remission was obtained lasting up to 325 weeks since treatment was started, resulting in over 6 years of disease-free survival.

conclusionThis is the first case of advanced, HPV-related HNSCC in a 2‑year-old child, in whom the tumor was located in the external auditory canal and who made a dramatic recovery after treatment with nonradical surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The child has currently been disease free for 6 years. This case supports the observation that HPV-related HNSCC tumors appear to respond favorably to treatment despite the patient's young age and the clinically advanced stage of the tumor.

Indexed as

Ear CanalCarcinoma, Squamous CellChemoradiotherapyChild, PreschoolEar NeoplasmsFemaleHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsTreatment OutcomeChemoradiotherapyEar canalHuman papillomavirusPediatricsVertical infection transmission

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