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Treatment results, side effects and prognostic factors affecting survival in patients with larynx cancer

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Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey

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Department of Radiation Oncology, Antakya Government Hospital, Hatay, Turkey

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Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey

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Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey

ENT Updates 2013; 3: 69-76
DOI: 10.2399/jmu.2013002005
Read: 1065 Downloads: 742 Published: 03 February 2021

Objective: Our aim was to determine the treatment results, side effects and the prognostic factors affecting survival in patients with larynx cancer treated in our clinic.

Methods: Data of a total of 90 patients with larynx carcinoma were included in the study. The patients’ performance scores were evaluated according to the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) system.

Results: Eighty-seven (97%) patients were male and three patients (3%) were female. The median age of the patients was 59 (37-86) years. Early-stage, locally advanced stage, and metastatic disease were detected in 43, 55, and 2% of the patients, respectively. Laryngeal cancers were observed in the glottic (53%), and supraglottic (47%) regions. Performance score (p=0.022), grade (p=0.033), lymph node metastasis (p=0.001), T stage (p=0.034) and disease stage (p=0.007) were significantly unfavourable in supraglottic cancers compared to glottic cancers. Recurrence was observed in 17% of the patients in a median 15 (range: 5-96) months. Distant metastasis was observed in 12% of the patients in a median 17 (range: 1-155) months. The factors affecting survival were the presence of comorbidities (p=0.032), performance status (p=0.022), hemoglobin level (p=0.003), T stage (p=0.006), disease stage (p=0.011), and weight loss (p=0.002). When RT- and CRT-associated side effects were compared, the incidence of adverse effects such as mucositis (p<0.001), nausea/vomiting (p<0.001), weight loss (p=0.005), neutropenia (p=0.001), and anemia (p=0.003) in patients under chemoradiotherapy was significantly higher than those associated with radiotherapy.

Conclusion: Hemoglobin level, T stage, presence of comorbidity and weight loss were independent prognostic factors.


Larinks kanserli hastaların tedavi sonuçları, yan etkileri ve sağkalımını etkileyen prognostik faktörler

Amaç: Bu çalışmada, kliniğimizde tedavi edilen larinks kanserli hastaların tedavi sonuçları, tedavilerin yan etkileri ve hastaların sağkalımını etkileyen prognostik faktörlerin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Yöntem: Çalışmada 90 hasta verisi analiz edilmiştir. Hastaların performans statüsü 2010'da revize edilmiş Doğu Onkoloji İşbirliği Grubu (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, ECOG) skorlama sistemine göre değerlendirilmiştir.

Bulgular: Hastaların %97'si erkek ve %3'ü kadın olup, medyan yaşı 59 (37-86) idi. Erken evre %43, lokal ileri evre %55, metastatik evre kanser %2 hastada saptandı. Hastaların %53'ünü glottik kanserler, %47'sini supraglottik kanserler oluşturmaktaydı. Supraglottik kanserlerin performans durumu (p=0.022), grade (p=0.033), T evresi (p=0.034), lenf nod metastazı (p=0.001), hastalık evresi (p=0.007) bakımından glottik kanserlere göre daha kötü özelliklere sahip olduğu saptandı. Medyan 15 (dağılım: 5-96) ayda hastaların %17'sinde nüks, medyan 17 (dağılım: 1-155) ayda da hastaların %12'sinde uzak metastaz tespit edildi. Hastaların sağkalımını komorbidite (p=0.032), performans durumu (p=0.022), hemoglobin düzeyi (p=0.003), T evresi (p=0.006), hastalık evresi (p=0.011), kilo kaybı (p=0.002) etkilemekteydi. Kemoradyoterapi uygulanan hastalarda mukozit (p<0.001), bulantIı kusma (p<0.001), kilo kaybı (p=0.005), nötropeni (p=0.001) ve anemi (p=0.003), radyoterapi uygulanan hastalara göre daha fazla gözlenmiştiir.

Sonuç: Hemoglobin düzeyi, T evresi, komorbidite ve kilo kaybı bu hastalar için bağımsız prognostik faktörler olmuştur.

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