Journal
CANCER
Volume 125, Issue 5, Pages 704-711Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31820
Keywords
age; distant metastases; human papillomavirus (HPV); nodal disease; oropharynx; smoking
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource of the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
- National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute [P30CA138292]
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Background With an expectation of excellent locoregional control, ongoing efforts to de-intensify therapy for patients with human papillomavirus-associated squamous cell oropharyngeal cancer necessitate a better understanding of the metastatic risk for patients with this disease. The objective of this study was to determine what factors affect the risk of metastases in patients with squamous cell cancers of the oropharynx. Methods Under a shared use agreement, 547 patients from Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0129 and 0522 with nonmetastatic oropharyngeal squamous cell cancers who had a known p16 status and smoking status were analyzed to assess the association of clinical features with the development of distant metastases. The analyzed factors included the p16 status, sex, T stage, N stage, age, and smoking history. Results A multivariate analysis of 547 patients with a median follow-up of 4.8 years revealed that an age >= 50 years (hazard ratio [HR], 3.28; P = .003), smoking for more than 0 pack-years (HR, 3.09; P < .001), N3 disease (HR, 2.64; P < .001), T4 disease (HR, 1.63; P = .030), and a negative p16 status (HR, 1.60; P = .044) were all factors associated with an increased risk of distant disease. Conclusions Age, smoking, N3 disease, T4 disease, and a negative p16 status were associated with the development of distant metastases in patients with squamous cell cancers of the oropharynx treated definitively with concurrent chemoradiation. (C) 2018 American Cancer Society.
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