Megan K Scharner, Johnny M Owen, Shaun A Nguyen, Alexandra E Kejner, Jason G Newman, Emily Brennan, W Greer Albergotti
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Abstract
Background: This review aims to compare survival outcomes of surgical versus non-surgical treatment of advanced-stage OPSCC.
Methods: CINAHL, Cochrane Library, PubMed, and Scopus were searched. Studies comparing the survival of patients with advanced OPSCC treated surgically (±adjuvant therapy) or non-surgically were included. Meta-analyses hazard ratio (HR) and proportions (%) were performed for the outcomes of 2-, 3-, and 5-year overall (OS), disease-free (DFS), disease-specific (DSS), and relapse-free (RFS) survival.
Results: Forty-four studies reporting on (N = 35 681) patients were included, with a mean age of 58.9. For advanced-stage disease, primary treatment with surgery and chemoradiotherapy (CRT) demonstrated the best 5-year OS, at 67.1% (95% CI 55.6-77.6). Survival outcomes favored Surgery + CRT over other primary treatment modalities.
Conclusions: Surgical treatment with adjuvant CRT may be associated with better OS outcomes compared with non-surgical treatment. Further research is needed to determine superior treatment modalities in OPSCC subgroups, such as HPV+ tumors.
期刊介绍:
Head & Neck is an international multidisciplinary publication of original contributions concerning the diagnosis and management of diseases of the head and neck. This area involves the overlapping interests and expertise of several surgical and medical specialties, including general surgery, neurosurgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, oral surgery, dermatology, ophthalmology, pathology, radiotherapy, medical oncology, and the corresponding basic sciences.