The National Cancer Data Base Report on Cancer of the Head and Neck

Abstract

This NCDB analysis of cancer of the head and neck provides a contemporary overview of head and neck cancer in the United States. It also serves to introduce a series of NCDB articles that address specific anatomical sites and histological types through separate, detailed analysis.

Conditional survival in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

“…SEER descriptions of chemotherapeutic and radiation therapy techniques are somewhat inexact, and do not differentiate by chemotherapy regimen or radiotherapy fields implemented. As treatments evolve over time, CS calculations using the methodology described overweight those patients with greater follow-up, necessarily reducing the impact of newer treatment methods reflected in other large composite datasets, 25,[27][28][29] as well as possible shifts in the etiology of HNSCC. 30 Additionally, several categorical variables within the subsite designation are poorly formulated (ie, ''Other Oral Cavity and Pharynx'') and provide potential for inaccurate coding of similar tumors.…”

Cáncer de laringe: Serie de casos en 6 años en el Complejo Asistencial Doctor Sótero del Río

“…Este estudio no mostró diferencia significativa en sobrevida global entre ambos grupos. La tasa de preservación laríngea fue de 79% para el grupo conservador y sobrevida libre de disfunción laringoesofágica a 2 años de 40% para T3 y 33% para 8 . Igualmente, en una revisión sobre opciones de tratamiento en pacientes con cáncer glótico, establecen que la terapia LT+RT aún no ha sido superada por las estrategias de preservación de órgano ni en sobrevida ni en control local de la enfermedad 14 .…”

“…El cáncer laríngeo de glotis es el de mejor pronóstico dado a su menor probabilidad de diseminación linfática 8 .…”

Clinical highlights from the National Cancer Data Base, 1999

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