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Justin Oh1,2, Eitan Prisman1,3, Robert Olson1,4
1Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Background:
There is a lack of consensus regarding the management of T4a larynx cancer. We evaluated the outcomes of organ preservation and laryngectomy for T4a laryngeal cancer.
Methods:
Retrospective analysis of patients with T4a larynx cancer at BC Cancer from 1984 to 2014 was performed. Outcomes in patients treated with surgery alone (Sx) (n = 47), surgery with adjuvant radiotherapy (Sx/RT) (n = 94), radiation alone (RT) (n = 152), and radiation with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (chemoRT) (n = 36) were compared.
Results:
The 5-year overall survival (OS) was 40% for chemoRT, 34% for RT, 23% for Sx, and 45% for Sx/RT. On multivariate analysis (MVA), Sx/RT (hazard ratio [HR], 0.66; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.48-0.91) and chemoRT (HR, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.26-0.72) were associated with better OS than RT alone (P = .001). Sx had similar OS compared to RT (HR, 1.17; 95% CI, 0.82-1.68).
Conclusions:
ChemoRT and Sx/RT were associated with better OS compared to single modality treatment. ChemoRT may be considered as an option for T4a larynx cancer.
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