Zimmermann, Philipp H., Stuut, Marijn, Wuerdemann, Nora ORCID: 0000-0002-1092-689X, Moellenhoff, Kathrin, Suchan, Malte, Eckel, Hans, Wolber, Philipp, Sharma, Shachi J., Kaemmerer, Fabian, Langer, Christine ORCID: 0000-0002-0357-2931, Wittekindt, Claus, Wagner, Steffen ORCID: 0000-0003-0873-1601, Kremer, Bernd, Speel, Ernst Jan M. and Klussmann, Jens P. (2021). Upfront Surgery vs. Primary Chemoradiation in an Unselected, Bicentric Patient Cohort with Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma-A Matched-Pair Analysis. Cancers, 13 (21). BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 2072-6694

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Abstract

Simple Summary:& nbsp;Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) is a common malignancy of the upper aerodigestive tract with rising incidence. While surgical and non-surgical approaches are applied in curative treatment, none of these has proven superior to date. In this study, we investigated overall survival in an unselected, bicentric cohort of patients with OPSCC and compared upfront surgery vs. primary chemoradiation treatments. A matched-pair analysis was performed to exclude confounding factors and reduce bias. Our results suggest that regardless of the treatment modality chosen, overall survival rates are comparable in both cohorts. As a consequence, future studies on functional outcome of patients with OPSCC are mandatory to identify the treatment modality most likely resulting in improved quality of life in patients with OPSCC.The two pillars of therapy for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) are upfront surgery and primary chemoradiotherapy. Substantial regional preferences exist with regard to the selection of treatment. Despite new therapeutic approaches, patient survival remains poor, with an approximate overall survival (OS) rate of 50% at five years. This study was conducted to investigate a potential survival benefit depending on the treatment modality in OPSCC patients. We retrospectively collected data of 853 patients with histologically confirmed OPSCC from the Giessen and Maastricht cancer databases. To identify risk factors affecting survival, a Cox-proportional hazard model was applied to 442 patients with complete data sets. Based on this cohort a matched-pair analysis with 158 patients was performed to compare OS rates of patients treated either with upfront surgery or primary chemoradiation. For the collective cohort, patients treated with upfront surgery had significantly improved OS rates compared to patients treated with primary chemoradiation. In the matched-pair analysis adjusted for patients' T-, N- and HPV-status as well as risk profile, we observed that both treatment approaches offered equivalent OS rates. Our study emphasizes that treatment recommendations should be made whenever possible on the basis of side-effect profiles caused by the therapeutic approach used. To draw further conclusions, results of the ongoing best of (NCT2984410) study are eagerly awaited, investigating the functional outcome after treatment of OPSCC patients.

Item Type: Journal Article
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CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Zimmermann, Philipp H.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Stuut, MarijnUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wuerdemann, NoraUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-1092-689XUNSPECIFIED
Moellenhoff, KathrinUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Suchan, MalteUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Eckel, HansUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wolber, PhilippUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Sharma, Shachi J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kaemmerer, FabianUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Langer, ChristineUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-0357-2931UNSPECIFIED
Wittekindt, ClausUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wagner, SteffenUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-0873-1601UNSPECIFIED
Kremer, BerndUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Speel, Ernst Jan M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Klussmann, Jens P.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-594823
DOI: 10.3390/cancers13215265
Journal or Publication Title: Cancers
Volume: 13
Number: 21
Date: 2021
Publisher: MDPI
Place of Publication: BASEL
ISSN: 2072-6694
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
DEFINITIVE RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER-SURGERYMultiple languages
OncologyMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/59482

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