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Alison E Lim¹, Elle McKeegan¹, Richard B Townsley²

¹NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Scotland, UK.

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|October 21, 2024

Abstract

Objectives:

Head and neck cancer has a 5 per cent incidence of synchronous primary cancer. Synchronous primary cancers are commonly detected with imaging and flexible nasoendoscopy. Routine panendoscopy is still being used to screen for synchronous primary cancers. The aim was to establish the method of detection of synchronous primary cancer.

Methods:

A retrospective cohort study of newly diagnosed head and neck cancer patients with a synchronous primary cancer, presented at the West of Scotland Head and Neck Multidisciplinary Team from December 2020 to August 2022. This study is Level 3 evidence.

Results:

A total of 2325 patients were presented to the Multi-Disciplinary Team with head and neck cancer and 54 (2.3 per cent) had SPC; 63.8 per cent (30) of patients had a panendoscopy. All patients with comprehensive out-patient assessment had their synchronous primary cancer detected on examination or imaging, without the need for panendoscopy.

Conclusion:

Panendoscopy did not detect any new synchronous primary cancer in patients assessed with flexible nasoendoscopy and imaging. With modern high-resolution imaging and fibreoptics, panendoscopy does not play a role in the detection of synchronous primary cancers.

Keywords:

cancer diagnosis endoscopy head and neck surgery pathology

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