Pathological tumor volume predicts survival outcomes in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Oncology Letters
Nobuaki MukoyamaYasuhisa Hasegawa

Abstract

The present study examined whether the pathological tumor volume (PTV) was correlated with the survival outcomes in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and clinical lymph node metastasis. Forty-seven patients who underwent radical surgery without preoperative treatment were enrolled. The PTV of the primary tumor, which was surgically resected without preoperative treatment, was calculated based on the diameters in three dimensions. A survival analysis was performed using a Cox proportional hazards model. A PTV of ≥18 cm3 was significantly correlated with shorter overall survival (P<0.01) and local recurrence-free survival (P<0.01) in a univariate analysis. A multivariate analysis with adjustment for the pathological stage (stage I-II/III-IV), primary site (tongue/others) and positive surgical margin and/or extracapsular extension (absent/present) showed that a PTV of ≥18 cm3 was significantly correlated with shorter overall survival (P<0.01) and local recurrence-free survival (P<0.01). The present findings suggested that PTV in oral SCC provides a prognostic parameter that may predict shorter or longer overall and local recurrence-free survival.

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