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ABSTRACT: Background
Salivary gland carcinomas (SGC) cover a heterogeneous group of malignancies with a lack of data of high-level evidence.Methods
Clinical data of 127 patients treated for SGC at a university cancer center between 2002 and 2017 were analyzed retrospectively. The association of clinicopathological characteristics, treatment modalities, adverse events, and outcome was assessed.Results
Patients received surgery (n = 65), surgery followed by (chemo-)radiotherapy (n = 56), or primary (chemo-)radiotherapy (n = 6). Injury to the cranial nerves or their branches was the most frequent surgical complication affecting 40 patients (33.1%). Ten year overall and progression-free survival rates were 73.2% and 65.4%, respectively. Parotid tumor site, advanced tumor, and positive nodal stage remained independent negative prognostic factors for overall survival, loco-regional and distant tumor control in multivariate analysis.Conclusions
Optimizing treatment strategies for SGC, depending on distinct clinicopathological factors, remains challenging due to the low incidence rates of the disease.
SUBMITTER: von der Grun J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8486723 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
von der Grün Jens J Winkelmann Ria R Rödel Franz F Balster Sven S Neumayer Thomas T Ghanaati Shahram S Brandts Christian C Burck Iris I Martin Daniel D Rödel Claus C Kesar Nikolina N Balermpas Panagiotis P
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<h4>Background</h4>Salivary gland carcinomas (SGC) cover a heterogeneous group of malignancies with a lack of data of high-level evidence.<h4>Methods</h4>Clinical data of 127 patients treated for SGC at a university cancer center between 2002 and 2017 were analyzed retrospectively. The association of clinicopathological characteristics, treatment modalities, adverse events, and outcome was assessed.<h4>Results</h4>Patients received surgery (n = 65), surgery followed by (chemo-)radiotherapy (n = ...[more]