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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Prognostic Value of Pathologically Positive Nodal Number in p16-Negative Oropharyngeal and Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma with pN3b Status.

Ming-Hsien Tsai, Yu-Tsai Lin, Hui-Ching Chuang, Tai-Ling Huang, Hui Lu, Chih-Yen Chien, Fu-Min Fang

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ming-Hsien TsaiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6877-1579
Yu-Tsai LinDepartment of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.
Hui-Ching ChuangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-5335-9744
Tai-Ling HuangKaohsiung Chang Gung Head and Neck Oncology Group, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.
Hui LuDepartment of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-7952-7160
Chih-Yen ChienDepartment of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6690-6038
Fu-Min FangKaohsiung Chang Gung Head and Neck Oncology Group, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.
Chang Gung University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we aimed to investigate the prognostic value of the number of pathologically positive nodes (pN+) in p16-negative oropharyngeal (OPSCC) and hypopharyngeal (HPSCC) squamous cell carcinoma cases with pN3b status after surgery. We reviewed the clinical and pathological features of 120 newly diagnosed p16-negative OPSCC and HPSCC patients with pN3b status after radical surgery. The primary endpoints were the 5-year overall survival (OS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), and their prognostic factors. We used the Cox proportional hazards model for survival analysis. We generated predictive nomograms that incorporated the clinicopathological factors of OS and CSS. The 5-year OS and CSS rates were 44.1% and 59.1%, respectively. The optimal number of pN+ to predict the 5-year OS and CSS was pN+ = 3. In the Cox model, we observed that pN+ ≥ 3 was a significantly negative predictor of OS (HR: 1.9, 95% CI: 1.1-3.2,

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extranodal extensionhypopharyngeal cancernomogramoropharyngeal cancerpathologically positive nodal number

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