Laryngeal carcinomas are the most common upper respiratory tract cancers and most commonly involve the glottic region. The aim of this study is to evaluate the voice quality after radiotherapy (RT) and microsurgical cordectomy (MC) treatments using Voice Handicap Index (VHI) and Grade, Roughness, Breathiness, Astenicity, and Strain (GRBAS) perceptual evaluation scale in patients with early-stage glottic carcinoma. A total of 37 patients with early-stage glottic carcinomas, 19 patients had RT and 18 patients with MC, were included in our study. The patients were evaluated in terms of their sound quality by using VHI-10 and GRBAS perceptual assessment scale 3 months after the treatment was completed. Although the findings were better in favor of RT according to GRBAS perceptual assessment scale of patients who received RT (n = 19) and MC (n = 18), no statistically significant difference was found between the 2 groups ( P = .613). Patients in both groups were evaluated with VHI-10, emotional ( P = .036) and physiological ( P = .038) scores were significantly higher in MC group and no significant difference was found in functional scores ( P = .192). However, there was no statistically significant difference between the 2 groups in terms of voice quality ( P = .185). In early-stage (Tis, T1a, T1b) glottic carcinoma, there was no significant difference between RT and MC in terms of voice quality. Therefore, the choice of treatment modality in patients with early-stage glottic carcinoma should be taken into account in terms of the patient’s occupation, comorbid diseases, cost of treatment, hospital stay, and, most importantly, patient preference.

Erken evre glottik larenks kanseri tanısı ile küratif radyoterapi uygulanmış olgularda geriye dönük olarak tedavi sonuçlarının ve prognostik faktörlerin değerlendirilmesi amaçlandı. 1993-2010 yılları arasında kliniğimizde radyoterapi uygulanan, biyopsi ile histopatolojik olarak kanser tanısı doğrulanmış ve RT öncesi herhangi bir tedavi uygulanmamış erken evre (T1-2N0) glottik larenks kanserli 73 olgu geriye dönük olarak incelendi. Tüm olguların verileri güncellenerek hasta, tümör ve tedaviye ait parametrelerin lokal-bölgesel kontrol ve sağkalım üzerine olan etkileri araştırıldı. Hastaların medyan yaşı 60 (37-83) olup 69'u erkek, 4'ü kadındır. Evrelere göre dağılım; 41'i (% 56,2) T1a, 8'i (% 10,9) T1b, 24'ü (% 32,9) T2 şeklindedir. Hastalara medyan 66 Gy (58,5-72) eksternal radyoterapi uygulanmıştır. Radyoterapiye bağlı olarak, 1 olguda (% 1,4) grade 3-4 erken ve geç larengeal ödem gelişmiş, bu olgu dışında diğer olguların hiçbirinde grade 3-4 erken ve geç toksisite ile karşılaşılmamıştır. Medyan 73 (5-209) aylık takipte toplam 10 (% 13,7) hastada lokal-bölgesel nüks saptanmış, hiçbir olguda uzak metastaz saptanmamıştır. Hastaların 5 yıllık lokal-bölgesel kontrol, hastalığa özgü sağkalım ve genel sağkalım oranı sırası ile % 85, % 92 ve % 78'dir. İncelenen faktörlerden "tedaviye 5 gün ve daha fazla ara verilmesi" lokal-bölgesel kontrol ve hastalığa özgü sağkalımı anlamlı olarak azaltırken (sırası ile p=0,008, p=0,036), "tedavi öncesi ses kısıklığı süresinin 5 aydan az olmasının" sadece lokal-bölgesel kontrolü anlamlı olarak azalttığı (p=0,036) saptanmıştır. Sonuç olarak, erken evre glottik larenks kanserinde primer tedavi olarak radyoterapi yüksek lokal kontrol oranlarına sahip etkin bir tedavi şeklidir. Radyoterapiye çeşitli nedenlerden dolayı verilen aralar lokal-bölgesel kontrolü ve hastalığa özgü sağkalımı olumsuz etkileyen prognostik bir faktördür. Bu nedenle tedavi aralarından mümkün olduğunca kaçınılmalıdır.J. Exp. Clin. Med., 2012; 29:141-147 ABSTRACTPatients with early stage glottic laryngeal cancer treated with curative radiotherapy were aimed to evaluate retrospectively for their treatment results and prognostic factors. In between 1993-2010, early stage (T1-2N0) 73 glottic laryngeal cancer cases which were treated with radiotherapy in our department that histopathological diagnosis of cancer was confirmed by biopsy and without any treatment prior to RT, were retrospectively analyzed. Patient, tumor and treatment parameters of all cases were updated and their effects on the local-regional control and survival were investigated. The median age of patients was 60 (37-83) and 69 patients were male and 4 were female. The distributions of patients according to stages were as follows: 41 (56.2% ) T1a, 8 (10.9% ) T1b and 24 (32.9% ) T2. Median of 66 Gy (58.5-72) of external beam radiotherapy was delivered to patients. In a patient (1.4% ), grade 3-4 early and late laryngeal edema depending on radiotherapy was developed. In other patients except from this patient, early and late grade 3-4 toxicity was not o...

e17538 Background: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth most common type of cancer worldwide. In Turkey, 5538 new cases and 2340 deaths from head and neck cancer are estimated to occur every year. Tobacco and alcohol are the most important etiological risk factors but in the past three decads tobacco usage is decreased and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) has changed HNSCC epidemiology. Many new reports suggests that almost 25% of all cases of HNSCC are related to HPV. But its prevelans shows a wide variation among different populations.Today in Turkey HPV positivity in HNSCC is currently not known and this retrospective study aimed to to evaluate the HPV infection in our HNSCC patients. Methods: We included 125 HNSCC patients diagnosed and treated in our hospital beween January 2010 and December 2016. Oral cavity, oropharyngeal, laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers were included. Nasopharyngeal and salivary gland cancers were exculuded. Head and neck cancer tissue samples fixed using 10% Neutral Buffered Formalin and embedded blocks were used. From an initial evaluation of 125 patients records 77 of the paients blocks could be adequate for the HPV testing. Detection and genotyping of HPV genotypes were done using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol. Results: PCR amplification was succesful in 61 of 77 patients. Among the 61 HNSCC patients only 3 patients were HPV positive(4.9 %). HPV 16 subtype was detected in one patient who was 70 years old male, stage III laryngeal cancer with a smoking history. The subtypes detected in other two patients were different from 16 and 18. One of these patients was 42 years old nonsmoker female stage IVa hypopharyngeal cancer and the other one was 56 years old smoker male with stage II oropharyngeal cancer. Conclusions: In Turkey, this is the first study that evaluated HPV positivity in HNSCC. Our results suggest a low prevelance of HPV in Turkish HNSCC patients; large scale population based studies are needed to confirm our findings.