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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2022

Comparison between three age-stratified cohorts reveals poor prognosis of young patients with tongue carcinoma.

Daisuke Baba, Kazuto Matsuura, Masashi Wakabayashi, Yohei Morishita, Yukio Nishiya, Wataru Okano, Toshifumi Tomioka, Takeshi Shinozaki, Ryuichi Hayashi

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  1. A Unique Plasma Protein Signature Characterizes Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Tongue in Young Adults.Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology · 2025
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  2. Immunoexpression of CXCL12 and CXCR4 in oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma of young and older patients.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 · 2025
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Daisuke BabaDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan.
Kazuto MatsuuraDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan.
Masashi WakabayashiDepartment of Statistical Analysis, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan.
Yohei MorishitaDepartment of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yukio NishiyaDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan.
Wataru OkanoDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan.
Toshifumi TomiokaDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan.
Takeshi ShinozakiDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan.
Ryuichi HayashiDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan.

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Abstract

Objectives: Investigation of the prognosis of young patients with tongue carcinoma has been the focus of several recent studies aimed at improving future precision treatment. Most studies have been two-cohort investigations comparing young and older patients, who have wide discrepancies in prognosis. Older patients, especially those aged >70 years, often have a poor general condition. This affects the prognosis of the older cohort and accounts for the discrepancies observed in two-cohort studies. Accordingly, in this study, older patients (aged ≥71 years) were separated and compared to young and middle-aged patients. Methods: A total of 257 patients with oral tongue carcinoma referred during 2011-2017 were analyzed. Patients were sorted into young (aged ≤40 years), middle-aged (aged ≥41 and ≤70 years), and older (aged ≥71 years) groups. Overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were compared among the groups. Furthermore, patterns of recurrence rates were compared. Results: Compared with young patients, there was no difference in OS or DFS for older patients (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.2, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.5-2.7 and HR: 0.7, 95% CI: 0.4-1.2, respectively) in a multivariate analysis. There was also no difference in OS (HR: 0.6, 95% CI: 0.3-1.3) for middle-aged patients. However, middle-aged patients had low recurrence rates (HR: 0.5, 95% CI: 0.3-0.8). With respect to the recurrence type, middle-aged patients had a low local recurrence rate (HR: 0.3, 95% CI: 0.1-0.7). Conclusion: Three-cohort studies should be conducted to evaluate whether the prognosis of young patients with tongue carcinoma is truly poor in terms of future precision treatment.

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age factorsdisease-free survivaloral tongue carcinomaprognosisyoung patients

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