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Postoperative Radiotherapy Omitting Level Ⅳ for Locally Advanced Supraglottic and Glottic Laryngeal Carcinoma.

Yang Wu, Longzhen Zhang, Tianyou Tang, Liantao Li, Liang Li, Hongmin Yu

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  1. Competing risk models versus traditional Cox models for prognostic factors' prediction and care recommendation in patients with advanced laryngeal squamous carcinoma: a population-based study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023
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  2. [Study on the indication of concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced laryngeal 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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Yang WuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Xuzhou Medical University Affiliated Hospital, Xuzhou, People's Republic of China.
Longzhen ZhangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Xuzhou Medical University Affiliated Hospital, Xuzhou, People's Republic of China.
Tianyou TangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Xuzhou Medical University Affiliated Hospital, Xuzhou, People's Republic of China.
Liantao LiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Xuzhou Medical University Affiliated Hospital, Xuzhou, People's Republic of China.
Liang LiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Xuzhou Medical University Affiliated Hospital, Xuzhou, People's Republic of China.
Hongmin YuSchool of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-5667-2891
Xuzhou Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCervical lymph nodes metastases are one of the most significant prognostic factors in patients with laryngeal carcinoma, whether treatment by surgery or by radiotherapy. The current study retrospected the postoperative radiotherapy of locally advanced supraglottic and glottic laryngeal carcinoma (at a greater risk of lymph node metastasis) to determine the effect of radiotherapy excluding cervical level Ⅳ lymph nodes.

methodsPatients of supraglottic type and glottic type were irradiated with level Ⅳ from January 2012 to June 2013, without level Ⅳ from July 2013 to December 2014, according to physicians' decision. Ninety-three patients were selective neck irradiation (SNI) of levels Ⅱ-Ⅳ (Group A) and 87 patients were SNI of levels Ⅱ and Ⅲ (Group B). The comparison between Group A and Group B was made with observation of clinical risk of recurrence and radiation complications, as well as overall survival (OS), progress-free survival (PFS) and regional nodal recurrence-free survival.

resultsNo remarkable difference was observed in the distribution of recurrence, levels of relapse, OS, PFS and regional nodal recurrence-free survival between the 2 groups (p > 0.05). Mean radiation dose at level Ⅳ, thyroid and cervical esophagus showed significant difference between the 2 therapeutic groups (p < 0.01). As regard radiation complications, no significant difference was found in radiation dermatitis of any grade between the 2 groups (p > 0.05). However, there was remarkable difference in clinical hypothyroidism and radiation esophagitis between Group A and Group B (p < 0.05).

conclusionsRadiotherapy after surgery omitting level Ⅳ may improve the quality of life in patients with locally advanced supraglottic and glottic laryngeal carcinoma, won't worsen the prognosis as well.

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Postoperative CareAgedFemaleGlottisHumansLaryngeal NeoplasmsLymphatic MetastasisMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyRadiotherapy, Intensity-ModulatedRecurrenceTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment Outcomeglottic laryngeal carcinomaradiation complicationradiation therapyselective neck irradiationsupraglottic laryngeal carcinoma

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PMCPMC7871352
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