T1 Glottic Cancer: Does Anterior Commissure Involvement Worsen Prognosis?

Cancers
Giuditta MannelliCesare Piazza

Abstract

Radiotherapy (RT) and transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) represent the main treatment modalities for early glottic carcinoma. Local failure is notoriously more frequent in T1b glottic cancer in comparison to T1a and T2 tumors. In this scenario, the role of anterior commissure (AC) involvement is still controversial. The aim of the present study was therefore to determine its potential prognostic power in worsening patients' survival and outcomes. We categorized different tumor glottic fold locations with respect to the involvement of one (T1a) or both vocal cords, with or without AC involvement. We analyzed a retrospective cohort of 74 patients affected by Stage I glottic cancer, treated between 2011 and 2018 by TLM or RT at a single academic institution. There were 22 T1a (30%) and 52 T1b (70%) cases. The median follow-up period was 30 months (mean, 32.09 ± 18.738 months; range, 12-79). Three-year overall survival (OS), disease-specific survival (DSS), recurrence-free survival (RFS), and laryngectomy-free survival (LFS) were compared according to tumor location, extension, and cT category. According to both uni- and multivariate analyses, an increased risk for recurrence in T1b with AC involvement and T1a tumors was 7.31 and 9...Continue Reading

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Aug 17, 2021·Risk Management and Healthcare Policy·Jialing WuYimin Liu
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