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Prediction of concurrent chemoradiotherapy outcome in advanced oropharyngeal cancer

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY
Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 1017-1026

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SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2014.2504

Keywords

oropharyngeal cancer; chemoradiotherapy; planned neck dissection; human papillomavirus

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  1. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [KAKENHI 23592535, 26462610]
  2. Japan-China Medical Association
  3. Ryukyu Society for the Promotion of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
  4. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26462610, 25461919] Funding Source: KAKEN

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The aim of this study was to investigate human papillomavirus (HPV) infection as a predictor of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) response and indicator of planned neck dissection (PND) for patients with advanced oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC; stage III/IV). Overall, 39 OPSCC patients (32 men, 7 women; median age 61 years, range 39-79 years) were enrolled. The primary lesion and whole neck were irradiated up to 50.4 Gy, and subsequently the primary site and metastatic lymph nodes were boosted with a further 16.2 Gy. Although several chemotherapy regimens were employed, 82.1% of OPSCC patients received the combination of nedaplatin and 5-fluorouracil. HPV-related OPSCC (16 cases) was defined as both HPV DNA-positive status by polymerase chain reaction and p16(INK4a) overexpression by immunohistochemistry. Patients with N2 and N3 disease received PND 2-3 months after CCRT completion. Compared to non-responders, CCRT responders showed significantly lower nodal stage (NO to N2b) and HPV-positive status in univariate analysis. Patients with HPV-related OPSCC had longer time to treatment failure (TTF) than those with HPV-unrelated OPSCC (p=0.040). Three-year TTF was 81.3 and 47.8% in the HPV-related and HPV-unrelated groups, respectively. There were also significant differences in disease-free survival (DFS) between the two OPSCC patient groups (p=0.042). Three-year DFS was 93.8 and 66.7% in patients with HPV-related and HPV-unrelated OPSCC, respectively. Multivariate logistic analysis showed a lower risk of TTF event occurrence in HPV-related OPSCC (p=0.041) than in HPV-unrelated OPSCC. Thus, HPV testing in addition to nodal stage was useful for predicting CCRT response, especially in advanced OPSCC. Because patients who received PND showed moderate locoregional control, PND is an effective surgical procedure for controlling neck lesions in patients with advanced HPV-unrelated disease.

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