{"title":"Clarification Regarding the Association of Cannabis Use and Head and Neck Cancer.","authors":"Donald P Tashkin","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4165","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4165","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"178-179"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142784717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.","authors":"Hui-Chin Chang, Shuo-Yan Gau","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3966","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3966","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"177"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142728744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lindsay Booth, Abdullah Aldaihani, Jacob Davidson, Claire Wilson, Claire Lawlor, Paul Hong, M Elise Graham
{"title":"Misinformation and Readability of Social Media Content on Pediatric Ankyloglossia and Other Oral Ties.","authors":"Lindsay Booth, Abdullah Aldaihani, Jacob Davidson, Claire Wilson, Claire Lawlor, Paul Hong, M Elise Graham","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4211","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4211","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Diagnosis of pediatric ankyloglossia and other oral ties is increasing in part due to social media, leading to more frenotomies and excess medicalization of often normal anatomy.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the accuracy and readability of social media content on pediatric ankyloglossia and other oral ties.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>In this cross-sectional study, the top 200 posts on an image-based social media platform tagged with #tonguetie, #liptie, or #buccaltie were collected using a de novo account on March 27, 2023. Post metadata and caption and content text were extracted.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>Misinformation was judged by a 30-point scoring sheet based on clinical practice guidelines and expert consensus that was developed by 3 fellowship-trained pediatric otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons. Readability was assessed using the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Flesch Reading Ease, and Simple Measure of Gobbledygook scales. Quality was scored using the JAMA Benchmark Criteria.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After removing duplicates and irrelevant content, 71 unique posts from 68 unique accounts were included in the analysis. Business and practice accounts made up most of the account types (60 [84.5%]) compared with individual and personal accounts (11 [15.5%]). Most accounts (49 [69.0%]) were run by individuals who self-identified as health care practitioners, and 21 posts (29.6%) originated from accounts of individuals who self-identified as International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs). On average, the content corresponded to a ninth-grade reading level per Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level. Quality of posts as rated by the JAMA Benchmark Criteria corresponded to a median score of 3.0 (IQR, 2.0-4.0). Of the 71 posts, only 8 (11.3%) contained no misinformation. There was a significant difference in misinformation prevalence between accounts run by IBCLCs vs non-IBCLCs, with posts from IBCLCs less likely to contain over 50% misinformation (odds ratio, 0.22; 95% CI, 0.06-0.81), compared with posts from non-IBCLCs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>This study found a high frequency of misinformation in social media content on ankyloglossia. Most content was generated by self-identified health care practitioners but not physicians. Furthermore, the grade level of the content reviewed was above that recommended for the public. As the public increasingly looks to social media for medical information, health care practitioners should correct medical misinformation.</p>","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"143-150"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11826352/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142813209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nader Sadeghi, Thavakumar Subramaniam, Keith Richardson, Marco Mascarella, Anthony Zeitouni, George Shenouda, Khalil Sultanem, Alex Mlynarek, Derin Caglar, Khashayar Esfahani, Arjun Joshi, Robert Siegel, Joseph Goodman, Punam Thakkar, Esther Lee, Nahid Golabi, Agnihotram V Ramanakumar, Michael Hier, Nathaniel Bouganim
{"title":"Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Transoral Robotic Surgery for Human Papillomavirus-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer.","authors":"Nader Sadeghi, Thavakumar Subramaniam, Keith Richardson, Marco Mascarella, Anthony Zeitouni, George Shenouda, Khalil Sultanem, Alex Mlynarek, Derin Caglar, Khashayar Esfahani, Arjun Joshi, Robert Siegel, Joseph Goodman, Punam Thakkar, Esther Lee, Nahid Golabi, Agnihotram V Ramanakumar, Michael Hier, Nathaniel Bouganim","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3303","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3303","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Distant metastasis (DM) remains the leading cause of death in patients treated for human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). An effective treatment strategy needs to address DM while reducing treatment-related toxic effects.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess DM-free survival in patients with HPV-OPSCC treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by transoral robotic surgery (NECTORS) and neck dissection compared with standard of care, concurrent chemoradiation (CCRT).</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This multicenter retrospective cohort study compares prospective data from the NECTORS treatment group with a historical cohort of patients treated with CCRT. Patients with American Joint Committee on Cancer seventh edition stage III and IVa HPV-OPSCC treated with NECTORS and CCRT between February 2010 and September 2021 were included. Data were analyzed in September 2024.</p><p><strong>Exposures: </strong>Patients in the NECTORS arm were treated with 3 cycles of neoadjuvant docetaxel and cisplatin followed by TORS and neck dissection. Patients in the radiation therapy arm were treated with concurrent high-dose cisplatin and radiotherapy.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>DM-free survival was analyzed with Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression after adjusting for age, sex, tobacco and alcohol use, site, and cancer stage.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 342 included patients, 282 (82.5%) were male, and the mean (SD) age was 61.4 (9.4) years. A total of 232 patients were treated with CCRT and 110 patients were treated with NECTORS. Within the CCRT arm, 11 patients (4.7%) had locoregional recurrence (LRR), 5 (2.2%) had LRR and DM, and 28 (12.1%) developed distant-only metastasis. For patients treated with NECTORS, 5 (4.5%) developed LRR, 1 (0.9%) developed LRR plus DM, and no patients developed distant-only metastasis. With pseudorandomization matching for T and N stages, 209 patients were matched between the 2 treatment groups for further analysis (105 in the CCRT treatment arm and 104 in the NECTORS arm). The median (range) follow-up period for the CCRT and NECTORS groups were 5.8 (3.8-7.5) years and 5.1 (4.0-5.9) years, respectively. The hazard ratio of developing distant recurrence in the CCRT group was 10.77 (95% CI, 1.40-82.90) in univariate analysis and 9.98 (95% CI, 1.29-77.29) in multivariable analysis. In Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, the risk of developing DM was higher in the CCRT group. The hazard ratio for failure anywhere in the CCRT group was 3.32 (95% CI, 1.23-8.97) in univariate analysis and 3.21 (95% CI, 1.18-8.72) in multivariable analysis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In this study, neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by transoral robotic surgery and neck dissection was an effective treatment option for patients with stage III and IVa HPV-OPSCC. Findings from our study suggest lower rates of","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"128-134"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11622064/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142785329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rakan Saadoun, David T Guerrero, Fuat Baris Bengur, Elizabeth A Moroni, Yusuf Surucu, Roy E Smith, Stephen A Esper, Steven L Whitehurst, Jamie Artman, Johannes A Veit, Mark Kubik, Shaum Sridharan, Mario G Solari
{"title":"Hypothermia During Microsurgical Head and Neck Reconstruction and Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism.","authors":"Rakan Saadoun, David T Guerrero, Fuat Baris Bengur, Elizabeth A Moroni, Yusuf Surucu, Roy E Smith, Stephen A Esper, Steven L Whitehurst, Jamie Artman, Johannes A Veit, Mark Kubik, Shaum Sridharan, Mario G Solari","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3964","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3964","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a severe complication after microsurgical free tissue transfer (FTT) to the head and neck. Hypothermia during surgery is a modifiable risk factor, and avoiding it may reduce the postoperative VTE rate.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the association between hypothermia (temperature <36 °C) and postoperative VTE and free flap pedicle thrombosis rates after head and neck reconstruction with FTT.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This retrospective cohort study in a tertiary academic referral center used prospective and retrospective database and medical record data collected for patients who underwent head and neck reconstruction with FTT between January 1, 2012, and August 31, 2023. Temperature over time was classified as normothermia (temperature ≥36 °C), hypothermia (<36 °C) for more than 30 minutes and less than 120 minutes, and hypothermia for 120 minutes or more.</p><p><strong>Exposure: </strong>Venous thromboembolism.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The study outcomes were VTE events and thrombosis of the free flap pedicle that required revision surgery. Univariable and multivariable regressions were used to test the association between the outcomes and clinical factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1078 patients (mean [SD] age, 61.3 [12.6] years; 724 males [67.2%]; mean [SD] Caprini score, 6.4 [2.1]) were included. The VTE and pedicle thrombosis rates were 3.2% (35 patients) and 2.2% (24 patients), respectively. In a multivariable model controlled for Caprini score and chemoprophylaxis, VTE was associated with hypothermia of more than 30 minutes and less than 120 minutes (odds ratio [OR], 3.82; 95% CI, 0.99-14.07) and hypothermia of 120 minutes or longer (OR, 3.55; 95% CI, 1.05-11.95). Free flap pedicle thrombosis was not associated with hypothermia (OR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.26-1.43).</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>These findings suggest that preventing hypothermia during microsurgical FTT to the head and neck may decrease the postoperative rate of VTE. Future studies should explore the optimal intraoperative body temperature range that may prevent the development of VTE without compromising patient safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"121-127"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11622065/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142785319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clarification Regarding the Association of Cannabis Use and Head and Neck Cancer-Reply.","authors":"Tyler J Gallagher, Niels C Kokot","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4162","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4162","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"179-180"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142785273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Hosni Zainal Abidin, Adam Mohamad, Atikah Rozhan
{"title":"Disseminated Cystic-Appearing Lesions in Deep Spaces of the Neck.","authors":"Muhammad Hosni Zainal Abidin, Adam Mohamad, Atikah Rozhan","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3886","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3886","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"170-171"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142620805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eric V Mastrolonardo, Pablo Llerena, Joseph M Curry
{"title":"Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma-Reply.","authors":"Eric V Mastrolonardo, Pablo Llerena, Joseph M Curry","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3965","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3965","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"177-178"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142728677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sophie Li, Guibin Zheng, Li Xu, Maitrayee Goswami, Mark E Zafereo, Steven I Sherman, Guojun Li, Erich M Sturgis, Jennifer R Wang
{"title":"Polygenic Score for Clinicopathologic Features and Survival Outcomes in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.","authors":"Sophie Li, Guibin Zheng, Li Xu, Maitrayee Goswami, Mark E Zafereo, Steven I Sherman, Guojun Li, Erich M Sturgis, Jennifer R Wang","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3963","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3963","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Genome-wide association studies have identified germline variants associated with the development of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) that can be used to construct a polygenic score (PGS). It is important to determine whether patients with higher germline genetic risk, as summarized using PGS, present with more aggressive disease and/or develop worse clinical outcomes.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess whether germline risk defined by PGS is associated with clinicopathologic features and survival outcomes for patients with PTC.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This retrospective cohort study included patients with newly diagnosed PTC who presented to The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for treatment between 1999 and 2014, with a median follow-up of 12 years. Data were analyzed from December 2023 to April 2024.</p><p><strong>Exposure: </strong>Germline risk, as defined by PGS.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>Genomic DNA was extracted from buffy coat cells isolated from peripheral blood samples, and genotyping for germline polymorphisms was performed. Germline risk for PTC was estimated with a previously validated PGS calculated from 10 single-nucleotide variations identified through genome-wide association studies. Stage; PTC-specific survival, defined as the time from PTC diagnosis to death caused by PTC; and overall survival, defined as the time from PTC diagnosis to death by any cause, were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 366 patients were included in the study (261 women [71.3%]; mean [SD] age at diagnosis, 44.3 [13.8] years). There was a statistically significant association between higher PGS and multifocality (β [SE], 0.40 [0.23]; P = .045) and cervical lymph node involvement (N stage) (β [SE], 0.62 [0.35]; P = .009) at diagnosis. PGS was associated with PTC-specific survival (hazard ratio, 2.66; 95% CI, 1.03-6.85; P = .04), but this association was not independent of age and overall stage. There was not a statistically significant association between PGS and overall survival.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>Findings of this cohort study suggest that patients with a higher germline risk of PTC, as estimated by PGS, present with more aggressive clinicopathologic features. These results contribute to the current understanding of inherited risk in PTC and how germline variants could potentially contribute to disease presentation and clinical outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"113-120"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11826360/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142728686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}