Koji Ushiro, Yoshiki Watanabe, Yo Kishimoto, Yoshitaka Kawai, Shintaro Fujimura, Ryo Asato, Takashi Tsujimura, Ryusuke Hori, Yohei Kumabe, Kaori Yasuda, Hisanobu Tamaki, Takehiro Iki, Yoshiharu Kitani, Keisuke Kurata, Tsuyoshi Kojima, Kuniaki Takata, Shinpei Kada, Shinji Takebayashi, Shogo Shinohara, Kiyomi Hamaguchi, Masakazu Miyazaki, Tadashi Ikenaga, Toshiki Maetani, Hiroyuki Harada, Tomoyuki Haji, Koichi Omori
BACKGROUND: Hypopharyngeal carcinoma is likely to spread to the lymph nodes, but there is no established strategy for management in transoral surgery. METHODS: We compared oncologic and functional outcomes in a retrospective multicenter study of patients who underwent transoral surgery for hypopharyngeal carcinoma between 2015 and 2021. RESULTS: Two-hundred and thirty-two patients were included. Comparing patients with and without adjuvant radiotherapy, 3-year regional recurrence-free survival (RRFS) was not significantly different in pN2b and pN2c, but was significantly worse in pN3b without adjuvant radiotherapy...
January 31, 2024: Head & Neck