Adequacy of Disease Control by Supraomohyoid Neck Dissection in cT1/T2 Tongue Cancer

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Background: Patients affected by oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) underwent a supraomohyoid neck dissection (SOHND) or modified radical neck dissection (mRND) according to the clinical nodal status (cN0 vs. cN+). We investigate whether the type of neck dissection affects survival with the presence of extranodal extension (ENE) and multiple nodal metastases (MNM). Methods: We conducted a retrospective study enrolling surgically treated patients affected by cT1/T2 OTSCC and MNM or ENE. The outcomes assessed were: overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), and neck-control- and metastases-free survival (NC-MFS). Survival curves were plotted by the Kaplan–Meier method and the log-rank test. Furthermore, we conducted a multivariable analysis with the Cox regression model. Results: We included a total of 565 patients (36% cT1, 64% cT2). Of these, 501 patients underwent a SOHND, and 64 underwent an mRND. A total of 184 patients presented rpN+, with 28.7% of these in the SOHND group and 62.5% of these in the mRND group. We identified no significant differences in OS, DFS, and NC-MFS in the whole pN+ cohort, in the MNM, and the ENE subgroups. In the multivariable analysis, the type of ND did not affect OS and DFS. Conclusions: Treating cT1-2 N0/+ tongue cancer with SOHND is oncologically safe. ENE and MNM patients do not benefit from an mRND.

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Iandelli, A., Marchi, F., Chen, A. C., Young, C. K., Liao, C. T., Tsao, C. K., … Huang, S. F. (2022). Adequacy of Disease Control by Supraomohyoid Neck Dissection in cT1/T2 Tongue Cancer. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 12(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm12091535

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