Additional parameters to improve the prognostic value of the 8th edition of the UICC classification for human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal tumors

Jos M J A A Straetmans; Marijn Stuut; Martin Lacko; Frank Hoebers; Ernst-Jan M Speel; Bernd Kremer

doi:10.1002/hed.27084

Additional parameters to improve the prognostic value of the 8th edition of the UICC classification for human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal tumors

Jos M J A A Straetmans^*, Marijn Stuut, Martin Lacko, Frank Hoebers, Ernst-Jan M Speel, Bernd Kremer

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BACKGROUND: The prognostic reliability of the UICC's TNM classification (8th edition) for human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive tonsillar squamous cell carcinomas (TSCCs) compared to the 7th edition was explored, and its improvement by using additional anatomical and nonanatomical parameters.

METHODS: One hundred and ten HPV-positive and 225 HPV-negative TSCCs were retrospectively analyzed. Survival was correlated with patient and tumor characteristics (7th and 8th edition UICC TNM classification).

RESULTS: In HPV-positive TSCCs, the 8th edition UICC's TNM classification correlated better with prognosis than the 7th edition. Also, smoking status was a stronger prognosticator of survival than UICC staging. Non- or former smokers had a 5-year overall survival of 95.1% regardless of tumor stage. Furthermore, age (>65 years), cN3, and M1 classification were significant prognostic factors.

CONCLUSION: The prognostic value of the 8th edition UICC's TNM classification improved significantly when compared to the 7th edition. Nonetheless, further improvement is possible by adding nonanatomical factors (smoking, age >65 year) and separating N0-N2 from N3.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1799-1815
Number of pages	17
Journal	Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck
Volume	44
Issue number	8
Early online date	17 May 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.27084
Publication status	Published - Aug 2022

Keywords

AMERICAN JOINT COMMITTEE
CANCER
EXTERNAL RADIOTHERAPY
HPV
NODAL METASTASIS
RADIATION-THERAPY
RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA
STAGING SYSTEM
TNM classification
TONSILLAR CARCINOMA
tonsillar carcinoma

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Straetmans, J. M. J. A. A., Stuut, M., Lacko, M., Hoebers, F., Speel, E.-J. M., & Kremer, B. (2022). Additional parameters to improve the prognostic value of the 8th edition of the UICC classification for human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal tumors. Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck, 44(8), 1799-1815. https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.27084

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Straetmans, JMJAA, Stuut, M, Lacko, M , Hoebers, F , Speel, E-JM & Kremer, B 2022, 'Additional parameters to improve the prognostic value of the 8th edition of the UICC classification for human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal tumors', Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 1799-1815. https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.27084

Additional parameters to improve the prognostic value of the 8th edition of the UICC classification for human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal tumors. / Straetmans, Jos M J A A; Stuut, Marijn; Lacko, Martin et al.
In: Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck, Vol. 44, No. 8, 08.2022, p. 1799-1815.

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Additional parameters to improve the prognostic value of the 8th edition of the UICC classification for human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal tumors

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