甲状腺乳头状腺癌侵犯气管的治疗与预后

目的探讨甲状腺乳头状腺癌（papillary thyroid carcinoma，PTC）侵犯气管的治疗方式及其预后。方法回顾性分析1980-1995年间45例PTC侵犯气管患者的临床资料。根据肿瘤侵犯气管的范围和程度不同分为气管局限性受侵组（A组）行肿瘤切除术28例，肿瘤侵及气管腔内组（B组）行根治性切除术10例和肿瘤区域广泛受侵组（C组）行姑息性切除术7例。39例行颈淋巴清扫术。术后切缘病理检查有肿瘤细胞或术中肉眼观察肿瘤切除不干净的部分患者给予术后放疗，共17例。Kaplan-Meier法计算累积生存率，组问差异采用Log．Rank法检验。结果①A组5年和10年生存率分别为85．0％和62．6％。7例术后放疗，21例术后未放疗。术后放疗与术后未放疗比较，5年和10年生存率比较差异均无统计学意义（P值均〉0．05）。②B组5年和10年生存率分别为80．0％和58．3％。术后放疗6例，未放疗4例。术后放疗与否，5年和10年生存率比较差异均无统计学意义（P值均〉0．05）。③C组5年和10年生存率分别为42．9％和28．6％。4例术后放疗患者，5年和10年生存率分别为50．0％和50．0％。3例术后未放疗患者，5年生存率为33．3％，无10年生存。术后放疗与否，其5年和10年生存率比较差异均无统计学意义（P值均〉0．05）。结论PTC气管受侵尚未侵及腔内黏膜层者可采用肿瘤切除术得以根治，穿透气管腔内黏膜层者行肿瘤根治性切除可延长患者的生存。术后放疗有可能提高姑息性切除患者的生存率。     

Prognostic factors of locally invasive well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma involving the trachea

To report our experience with tracheal invasive thyroid carcinoma with emphasis on clinical characteristics and treatment modalities, and to identify the prognostic factors for tracheal invasive thyroid carcinoma. Totally 1919 patients underwent surgical extirpation of thyroid cancer from 1990 to 2010. Among them, 65 patients had well-differentiated thyroid cancer with tracheal invasion. The incidence was higher in male and older patients. Patients were treated with tracheal shave excision (n = 18), tracheal resection (n = 37) and total laryngectomy (n = 10). Locoregional recurrence occurred in 39 patients, and metastasis occurred in 25 patients. Simultaneous involvement of the trachea and the esophagus was associated with locoregional recurrence (p = 0.039) in univariate analysis, but not confirmed by multivariate analysis. There was significant difference in the disease-specific survival (DSS) according to laryngeal involvement (p = 0.002). All the patient in the shave excision group survived until the end of the study period. Although it is categorized in same classification of T4a, simultaneous involvement of the trachea and the esophagus showed higher locoregional recurrence and laryngeal involvement showed lower DSS. Despite the invasion of thyroid cancer into the adjacent aerodigestive tract, many patients showed long survival when they underwent appropriate surgery.     

分化型甲状腺癌危险组的划分及其意义

目的探讨分化型甲状腺癌各危险组的划分及其与治疗和预后的关系。方法回顾分析514例分化型甲状腺癌患者,借助于单和多变量分析确定有意义的预后因素,再根据这些因素将患者分成低、中和高三个危险组。应用Kaplan-Meier方法计算出各危险组患者以及各预后因素所表现出来的生存曲线。结果长期生存率在低、中和高危组分别为98．3%、83．6%和42．9%。在低危组和部分选择出来的中危组患者仅做腺叶及峡部切除,而在高危组及部分选择的中危组患者则做较广范围切除,术后再辅以内或外放射治疗。结论将分化型甲状腺癌分成三个危险组并借以制订治疗措施和判断预后是十分正确的。     

甲状腺癌侵犯颈段气管的气管缺损与修复

目的总结甲状腺癌侵犯颈段气管的气管缺损修复经验,提高术中气管缺损修复的治疗效果。方法收集2011年8月—2019年2月诊治的32例甲状腺癌侵犯颈段气管患者资料,其中6例术中采用锐性削除受侵气管外壁,8例气管袖式切除+端端吻合,6例胸锁乳突肌锁骨骨膜瓣,8例胸锁乳突肌锁骨骨膜瓣联合生物膜,2例前臂皮瓣+自体软骨移植,2例气管造瘘+Ⅱ期修复。结果6例锐性削除气管外壁患者中,有1例患者术后第6天出现气管瘘,予以换药后出院;余26例患者中,24例于术后6个月内恢复正常呼吸功能,1例前臂皮瓣+自体软骨移植患者术后出现局部气管狭窄,黏痰堵塞,带管生存,1例带蒂胸锁乳突肌骨膜瓣+生物膜患者术后气管局部塌陷伴双侧声带麻痹,带管生存。结论对于侵犯气管的甲状腺癌患者,根据不同的侵犯范围,选取合适的气管切除和缺损气管的修复方式,才能取得较高的手术成功率和较好的治疗效果。     

甲状腺髓样癌预后影响因素分析

目的 探讨影响甲状腺髓样癌预后的因素.方法 本研究采用统计学多因素分析方法,回顾性分析1980年1月至2000年12月中山大学肿瘤防治中心同期收治的102例甲状腺髓样癌预后影响因素.结果 根据Kaplan-Meier法统计生存率,102例患者5年、10年、15年累积生存率分别为87.4%、74.6%和54.2%.单因素分析示:性别、年龄、原发灶累及双侧、原发灶最大直径＞4 cm、甲状腺包膜外侵犯、远处转移、手术彻底程度(以距肿瘤2 em肉眼切除干净为手术彻底的标准)均影响预后.多因素分析发现,影响甲状腺髓样癌生存率的独立因素有原发灶最大直径＞4 cm(X2=7.43,P=0.0035),远处转移(X2=23.50,P=0.0000)和手术彻底程度(X2=25.90,P=0.0000).结论 当原发灶过大、行姑息性手术及出现远处转移时,甲状腺髓样癌患者的生存率显著下降;选择合理的外科手术治疗可取得较满意的疗效,减少并发症.早期诊断和早期治疗能显著改善甲状腺髓样癌患者的预后.     

Expression of beta-catenin protein in laryngeal squamous-cell carcinoma

beta-catenin and APC are key components of Wnt signaling pathway. Moreover beta-catenin protein is an adhesion molecule, which exists in complex with E-cadherin. Although clinical impact of beta-catenin in laryngeal cancer is still unclear. Our purpose was to investigate an expression of beta-catenin and its possible prognostic value in laryngeal cancer. The group of 41 patients with laryngeal cancer, surgically treated with minimum 5 years observation, was multi-variously analysed. Paraffin-embedded tissue sections from each case were immunohistochemically stained with a monoclonal antibody raised against beta-catenin antigen. By univariate analysis expression of beta-catenin analysed on the front of laryngeal tumour proved to be significantly related to overall and disease free survival, which were shorter in cases with cytoplasmatic expression. Although there were co correlation with overall and disease free survival in assessment of beta-catenin examined in the middle of tumours. Expression of beta-catenin in the primary tumours was not associated with its size, nodal status, local and nodal recurrences and histological stage (grading). Analysis of beta-catenin protein expression enables the assessment of biology of laryngeal cancer and it can be a prognostic factor of overall and disease free survival, while measures on front tumour in patients with laryngeal cancer.     

Significance of pre-epiglottic space invasion in supracricoid partial laryngectomy with cricohyoidopexy

Cancerous involvement of the pre-epiglottic space has been known for many years to be an important prognostic factor. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of pre-epiglottic space invasion, according to the degree of invasion (i.e. absence, minimal or gross), and to assess the oncological suitability for supracricoid partial laryngectomy in patients with supraglottic laryngeal carcinomas. This study included 52 patients with squamous cell carcinomas of the supraglottic and glotto-supraglottic larynx, treated with supracricoid partial laryngectomy-cricohyoidopexy, between 1992 and 2001. Clinical and histopathological parameters were evaluated. Pre-epiglottic space invasion was seen in 35 patients (67.3 per cent); there was gross invasion in seven patients and minimal invasion in 28. Neoplastic invasion of the anterior commissure was seen in 18 patients (34.6 per cent) and thyroid cartilage involvement in eight (15.4 per cent). Neoplastic spread through the extralaryngeal tissues was not seen in any patient. The five-year overall survival was 71.5 per cent for patients with gross pre-epiglottic space invasion, 82.2 per cent for those with minimal pre-epiglottic space invasion, and 76.4 per cent for those without pre-epiglottic space invasion. It was observed that gross or minimal pre-epiglottic space invasion did not have a statistically significant effect on survival. Univariate analysis showed that nodal positivity was associated with a poor prognosis. None of the other parameters analysed showed a statistically significant relationship with survival. Four (7.6 per cent) patients had local laryngeal recurrence. Distant metastasis and a second primary tumour were detected in three (5.8 per cent) and four (7.6 per cent) patients, respectively. The five-year overall survival and cause-specific survival were 78.8 and 82 per cent, respectively. Supracricoid partial laryngectomy with cricohyoidopexy can safely be performed in supraglottic and glotto-supraglottic carcinomas with minimal or gross invasion of the pre-epiglottic space which have no extralaryngeal spread. Nodal status is an important predictor affecting survival.     

Pathological validation of supracricoid partial laryngectomy in laryngeal cancer

Objectives: To validate pathologically whether supracricoid partial laryngectomy is an oncologically sound procedure in cases with invasion of the thyroid cartilage, paraglottic space, pre‐epiglottic space, anterior commissure, or subglottis. Design: A retrospective review of case notes was performed. Setting: Patients treated at a single institute in the Republic of Korea. Participants: Sixty‐three patients who underwent supracricoid partial laryngectomy for laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma between June 1994 and May 2005 who were followed for at least 2 years. Main outcome measures: Local control and overall survival rates. Pathological invasion of the thyroid cartilage, anterior commissure, pre‐epiglottic space, paraglottic space, or subglottis was also investigated as a cause of recurrence. Prognostic factors for local control and survival were evaluated with univariate and multivariate models. Results: Invasion of the anterior commissure, paraglottic space, thyroid cartilage, pre‐epiglottic space, or subglottis had no significant impact on the recurrence or overall survival rates. The presence of a positive resection margin was significantly associated with recurrence in the univariate and multivariate analyses (P = 0.026, 0.028, respectively). When considering the prognostic factors influencing survival, the univariate analysis showed that N stage, a positive resection margin and recurrence had significant influences on the overall survival rate (P = 0.010, 0.0004 and 0.000 respectively). In the multivariate analysis, only recurrence affected the survival rate (P = 0.002). Conclusion: Supracricoid partial laryngectomy can be used with oncological safety in selected cases of laryngeal cancer with invasion of the anterior commissure, thyroid cartilage, pre‐epiglottic space, paraglottic space, or subglottis.     

Implications of prognostic factors and risk groups in the management of differentiated thyroid cancer

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: The outcome in differentiated thyroid cancer generally depends on the stage of the disease at the time of presentation; prognostic factors such as age, grade, size, extension, or distant metastasis; and risk groups (eg, low or high risk). The author has reviewed a large number of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer to analyze their hypothesis and to confirm that various risk groups have a major implication in relation to extent of the treatment and outcome. Differentiated thyroid cancers make up 90% of all thyroid tumors. The prognostic factors are well defined, such as age, size of the tumor, extrathyroidal extension, presence of distant metastasis, histological appearance, and grade of the tumor. The author has previously divided the risk groups into low-, intermediate-, and high-risk categories based on prognostic factors. The study describes the author's treatment approach related to the extent of thyroidectomy and adjuvant therapy based on various risk groups and the long-term survival. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective. METHODS: In a retrospective review of 1038 patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma, various prognostic factors were studied by univariate and multivariate analysis. The significant prognostic factors were studied in detail and, based on these prognostic factors, the patients were divided into low-, intermediate- and high-risk groups. The survival curves were plotted by Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS: The long-term survivals in low-, intermediate- and high-risk groups were 99%, 87%, and 57% respectively. Based on these risk groups, a decision tree was made regarding extent of thyroidectomy and adjuvant treatment. In the high-risk group and selected patients in the intermediate-risk group, aggressive surgery including removal of all gross disease and extrathyroidal extension with postoperative radioactive iodine ablation is recommended. In the low-risk group and selected patients in the intermediate-risk group, lobectomy appears to be satisfactory with excellent long-term outcome. The surgical treatment offers the best long-term results in low-risk patients, and the role of adjuvant treatment in this group is questionable. CONCLUSION: The decisions in the management of well-differentiated thyroid cancer should be based on various prognostic factors and risk groups. The long-term survival in the low-risk group is excellent, and consideration should be given to conservative surgical resection depending on the extent of the disease. In the high-risk group and selected patients in the intermediate-risk group, total thyroidectomy with radioactive ablation is warranted. A consideration may be given to external-beam radiation therapy in selected high-risk patients. It is apparent, based on the author's clinical experience and critical retrospective analysis, that the author's hypothesis that risk groups are extremely important in the long-term outcome of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer is correct. Based on various risk groups, the author currently is able to guide the treatment policies for thyroid cancer.     

Management and outcome of recurrent well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma

BACKGROUND: The AMES (age, distant metastasis, tumor extent, and size), AGES (age, tumor size, histologic grade, tumor extent, distant metastasis), and MACIS (distant metastasis, age, completeness of primary tumor resection, local invasion, and tumor size) prognostic systems for well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma (WDTC) are well known. The development of disease recurrence is associated with a poor outcome; however, the prognostic importance of multiple treatment failures has not been clearly reported. OBJECTIVES: To identify patient, tumor, and treatment factors that may be associated with the development of multiple recurrences in WDTC. DESIGN AND SETTING: All patients treated for residual or recurrent WDTC were retrospectively identified from the thyroid cancer database at the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario (1963-2000). Data on relevant patient, tumor, and treatment factors were collected. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Patient, tumor, and treatment factors predicting the development of multiple treatment failures, disease-specific survival, and overall survival. RESULTS: A total of 574 patients (115 male, 459 female; median age, 42 years [range, 9-92 years]) were identified, whose final histopathologic diagnosis was papillary carcinoma in 468, follicular carcinoma in 76, and mixed in 30 cases. TNM staging was as follows: 409 (71%) stage I, 66 (12%) stage II, 68 (12%) stage III, and 31 (5%) stage IV. Initial management included total thyroidectomy for 217 patients (38%), subtotal thyroidectomy for 357 (62%), and adjuvant iodine 131 therapy for 492 (86%). Seventy-three patients (13%) developed recurrent WDTC (21 male, 52 female; median age, 44 years [range, 18-84 years]). Patients were divided into 3 groups: group 1 (no recurrence, n = 501), group 2 (1 recurrence only, n = 42), and group 3 (multiple recurrences, n = 31). Group 2 data were as follows: site of recurrence (locoregional, 25; distant, 7; unspecified, 10) and treatment (surgery, 12; iodine 131, 42) and for group 3: site of first recurrence (locoregional, 16; distant, 11; unspecified, 4) and treatment (surgery, 14, iodine 131, 22; palliation, 1). Actuarial disease-specific survival at 20 years was 100%, 94%, and 60%, respectively, for the 3 groups (median follow-up, 7 years; range, 1-34 years). Male sex, advanced stage, extrathyroidal spread, and primary treatment with total thyroidectomy were predictive factors for multiple recurrences on multivariate regression (all P<.05). CONCLUSIONS: Male sex, advanced initial stage, and presence of extrathyroidal spread within the primary tumor are the most significant independent predictors of developing multiple recurrences in patients with WDTC. These patients have a poor prognosis with a significant reduction in tumor-free survival.     

神经肌电检测对单侧喉返神经损伤预后的评价

OBJECTIVE: To determine the comprehensive prognostic value of spontaneous and evoked electromyography (EMG) in laryngeal paralysis. METHODS: The characteristics of laryngeal EMG of 91 cases with unilateral vocal cord paralysis (VCP) after thyroid surgery were assessed. All cases were divided into four groups according to the interval of laryngeal EMG after onset, which were group one (2 months shorter, n = 13), group two (2 to 4 months, n = 23), group three (4 to 6 months, n = 36), group four (6 months longer, n = 19). The waveform morphology and the amplitude of laryngeal EMG and the highest evoked compound muscular active potential (CMAP) of thyroarytenoid muscles were examined and analyzed during voluntary tasks. The potential amplitude was showed by the percentage of that of the healthy lateral. The criterion of evaluation on evoked potential was attained by calculating statistical confidence interval. RESULTS: The highest evoked CMAP in group one was significantly lower than that of the others (P < 0.05), but no significant difference was observed between group two and group three (P > 0.05), so group two and group three were analyzed together. There were 2 recovered cases and 11 unrecovered cases in group one. On the basis of this criterion that a positive prognosis for laryngeal recovery was indicated when the evoked CMAP presented and there was no misdirect generated potential, correct prognostic rate was 92% (12/13). There were 11 recovered cases and 48 unrecovered cases in group two and three. The highest evoked CMAP was much higher in the recovered than in the unrecovered, significant difference was observed between them (P < 0.001). On the basis of the criterion that a positive prognosis for laryngeal recovery was indicated when the highest evoked CMAP was higher than 26. 4%, correct prognostic rate was 90% (53/59). On the basis of the criterion that a positive prognosis for laryngeal recovery was indicated when there was no misdirect generated potential and the highest evoked CMAP was higher than 26.4%, correct prognostic rate was 93% (55/59). When the interval from onset to laryngeal EMG recovering was longer than 6 months, none of these patients had return of vocal cord mobility whatever were the outcomes of laryngeal EMG. CONCLUSIONS: Correct prognostic rate can be improved if the prognosis of VCP in different courses is judged respectively by analyzing comprehensively spontaneous and evoked EMG.     

喉癌中上皮型钙黏蛋白和β-连环素的表达及其意义

目的:探讨上皮钙黏蛋白和β-连环素在喉癌组织中的表达及其临床意义.方法:应用免疫组织化学PicTureTM二步法,检测上皮钙黏蛋白和β-连环素在喉癌组织和癌周正常喉组织中的表达.结果:60例喉癌患者中,上皮钙黏蛋白和β-连环素的异常表达率为55.00%(33/60)和66.67%(40/60),按喉癌的临床分期、颈部淋巴结转移情况分组比较,均差异有统计学意义(均P＜0.05),喉癌的组织学分级比较,差异有统计学意义(P＜0.01),喉癌的原发部位及患者的性别、年龄差异无统计学意义(P＞0.05).同一标本中上皮钙黏蛋白和β-连环素表达有显著的相关性和一致性(P＜0.01).结论:上皮钙黏蛋白和β-连环素的异常表达与喉癌分化、分期、转移密切相关.     

Prognostic importance of vascular invasion in papillary thyroid carcinoma

BACKGROUND: The prognostic importance of vascular invasion has not been extensively studied in patients with papillary thyroid cancer. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the presence of vascular invasion in papillary thyroid carcinoma, even within the thyroid gland, is associated with more aggressive disease at diagnosis and a higher incidence of tumor recurrence. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We identified 410 patients who had been diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer since 1986 who had a follow-up period of longer than 1 year (median follow-up, 5.5 years). Pathology reports were reviewed and patients were separated into 3 groups: no vascular invasion, intrathyroidal vascular invasion, and extrathyroidal vascular invasion. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Statistical comparison was performed by univariate and multivariate analysis. RESULTS: Patients with intrathyroidal vascular invasion were more likely to have distant metastasis at the time of diagnosis (26.1% vs 2.2%, P = .001). Similarly, patients with extrathyroidal vascular invasion had a higher incidence of distant metastases at diagnosis (40% vs 4.4%, P = .02). Patients with tumors identified to have intrathyroidal vascular invasion were more likely to develop distant recurrence (20% vs 3%, P = .002). CONCLUSIONS: These associations were found to be independent by multiple regression analysis. Patient age, sex, palpable or fixed lymph nodes, radiation exposure, and race did not differ between the patient group with and those without vascular invasion. Preliminary analysis of our data suggests that the presence of vascular invasion in papillary, thyroid carcinoma, even within the thyroid gland, is associated with more aggressive disease at diagnosis and with a higher incidence of tumor recurrence.     

Prognostic factors of survival in head and neck cancer patients treated with surgery and postoperative radiation therapy

CONCLUSIONS: Given that radiation therapy (RT) is currently initiated as soon as possible after surgery, our results indicate that the main prognostic factors of survival are pT and pN stages in patients treated with surgery and postoperative RT for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). OBJECTIVES: To determine the prognostic factors for survival in patients treated with surgery and postoperative RT for locally advanced HNSCC. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective study was performed on 308 consecutive patients treated from 1990 to 1998 with surgery and postoperative RT. In addition to histological factors, time-related factors were considered. RESULTS: The median age of the whole cohort was 56 years (range 35-83). Median follow-up was 98 months. Median interval from surgery to the start of RT was 44 days (range 18-157), while median RT duration was 52 days (range 22-115). From univariate analysis of overall survival, statistically significant prognostic factors were pT stage (p<0.0001), pN stage (p=0.008), RT duration (p=0.01) and total treatment time (p=0.02). Perineural invasion, perivascular invasion, extranodal spread and positive resection margins did not appear to be related to survival. From multivariate analysis, the only statistically independent prognostic factors appeared to be pT and pN stages.     

颞骨鳞癌33例远期疗效分析

目的 评价乳突根治术加手术前或手术后放射治疗颞骨鳞癌的疗效。方法 回顾性分析３３例颞骨鳞吕治疗的远期疗效。根据病变范围分为３个亚组：鳞癌局限于外耳道３例（Ⅰ组））；病变侵及中耳乳突腔１７例（Ⅱ组）；更晚期病变１３例（Ⅲ组）。治疗方式分为：手术２例，放射治疗１１例，综合治疗（手术加术前或术后放射治疗）２０例。手术采用乳突根治术１９例，外耳道局部切除２例，颞骨次全切除１例；放射治疗剂量３５００￣１００     

Effect of Harvesting Autogenous Laryngeal Cartilage for Laryngotracheal Reconstruction on Laryngeal Growth and Support

Objective: Determine the effect of harvesting autogenous thyroid cartilage on subsequent laryngeal growth and stability in a kitten model. Study Design: Prospective controlled trial in animals. Methods: Seventeen kittens were divided into three groups. Group one (n = 5) included kittens that underwent a unilateral thyroid cartilage resection. Group two (n = 5) included kittens that underwent a bilateral cartilage resection. Group three (n = 7) comprised kittens that did not undergo any surgical procedure (controls). All animals underwent endoscopic examination followed by the surgical procedure designated for that group. Kittens were then assessed daily for 2.5 months. At the end of that period the now “adolescent” cats were examined endoscopically then euthanized. The larynx was removed for gross and histopathologic analysis. Results: All kittens tolerated the surgical procedure without airway compromise. Subsequent endoscopic examination 2.5 months after surgery revealed normal vocal cord function. Measurements of the true vocal cord and aryepiglottic and subglottic diameter did not differ significantly (one-way analysis of variance, P = .05) with respect to the side or the group. Histopathologic evaluation of the laryngeal sections indicated a patent airway, stable and viable thyroid cartilage, and no evidence of cartilaginous regrowth. Conclusions: The removal of unilateral and bilateral superior thyroid alar cartilage can be performed in kittens without postoperative respiratory or wound problems. The harvesting of autogenous thyroid cartilage has no apparent effect on subsequent laryngeal growth and stability in a kitten model.     

Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Does Tumor Size or Depth of Invasion Correlate With Recurrence,Metastasis, or Patient Survival?

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this retrospective study and literature review was to compare the clinical and histologic criteria including tumor size and depth of invasion with outcomes in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma. METHODS: The state cancer registry provided patients (n = 46) diagnosed with Merkel cell carcinoma from 1992 through 2002. Pathology slides were reviewed by the author for tumor size, depth of invasion, Clark level, and margin status. Further clinical information and survival data were gathered from patient records. Statistical analysis was performed using t tests and Kaplan-Meier survival curves. Patients were excluded from specific analysis based on misdiagnosis, unavailability of pathology slides, absent medical records, or those lost to follow up. RESULTS: Disease-free survival rates were 52%, 39%, and 9% at 1, 2, and 5 years, respectively. The average disease-free interval was 18.4 months (range, 1-80 months). No correlation was found between tumor size (P = .49), depth (P = .41), or Clark level (P = .82) to overall survival. A trend was found comparing tumor size or depth of invasion with local recurrence (P = .07) but with no correlation to regional recurrence (P = .93 and P = .60) or distant metastasis (P = .16 and P = .24). Overall recurrence was found in 60.7% of patients with local recurrence occurring in 18.1%, regional recurrence 40.9%, and distant recurrence 47.8%. Comparing patients with positive versus negative margins at initial excision, local recurrence was found in 33.3% versus 9.09% (P = .19), regional recurrence 66.6% versus 27.2% (P = .08), and distant metastasis 66.6% versus 45.4% (P = .36), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: No correlation was found between tumor size or depth of invasion to patient survival or metastasis. However, there was a trend toward increased local and regional recurrence rates when comparing size and depth and in specimens with positive tumor margins. These outcomes are consistent with those reported in recent literature and further characterize the unpredictable nature of this disease. An aggressive approach should be taken, including wide local excision with negative tumor margins and lymph node dissection; however, larger multistate reviews are needed for additional support.     

A prospective population-based study of cutaneous malignant melanoma of the head and neck

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS For cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) of the head and neck, neither prognostic factors in population-based groups, nor outcome with respect to surgical resection margins is clear. Therefore, we analyzed data in a regional registry to align treatment results for CMM of the head and neck with prognosis and survival times. STUDY DESIGN: Patient material collected prospectively for an 18-year period in a Swedish cancer registry underwent statistical analyses to establish the most reliable prognostic factors and the influence of surgical treatment on the survival of patients with CMM of the head and neck. METHODS: Data originated from the CMM database of the Stockholm-Gotland area of Sweden. Tumor thickness or invasiveness (Breslow or Clark's levels), extent of surgical margin, sex, histogenetic type, anatomic site, and ulceration were compared statistically for 469 patients. RESULTS: Male patients with head and neck CMM had a 68% 10-year survival rate; the 10-year survival rate for female patients was 87%. The corresponding figures for CMM at other sites were 83% and 90%, respectively. Tumor thickness (or Clark level of invasion) was the only statistically significant prognostic factor in a multivariate analysis (P < .001). The surgical resection margin seemed to be of no importance to outcome. CONCLUSIONS: Long-term survival after treatment for CMM of the head and neck is better than reported in most earlier publications, presumably because our evaluation used population-based materials, an important factor in accurate reporting of this kind. Tumor thickness is the main prognostic factor in estimating outcome.     

Prognostic evaluation in supracricoid partial laryngectomy with cricohyoidopexy

Identification of prognostic factors related to supracricoid partial laryngectomy may optimise indications for this surgical technique. We analysed several clinical and histopathological variables in a series of 81 patients treated with SPL at our department. Attention was focused on neoplastic spread of the anterior commissure, thyroid cartilage and prelaryngeal soft tissue of the neck. Statistical analysis (Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression test) showed a significant decrease in survival for prelaryngeal soft tissue invasion. Due to the fact that the survival rate is not modified by the anterior commissure and thyroid cartilage infiltration, the prognostic value of prelaryngeal invasion is extremely relevant. Therefore, we suggest the oncological value of SPL even in cases of invasion of the anterior commissure or thyroid cartilage, but not beyond the outer perichondrium.     

头颈部隆突性皮肤纤维肉瘤诊治分析

目的探讨头颈部隆突性皮肤纤维肉瘤（dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans，DFSP）的不同治疗方式对患者预后的影响。方法对1982年至2005年中国医学科学院肿瘤医院头颈外科收治的28例头颈部DFSP进行回顾性分析，其中11例行扩大切除（切除边界≥2．0cm），17例行局部切除（切除边界〈2．0cm）；24例行单纯手术切除，4例行术前或术后放疗，放疗剂量为40—65Gy，同期行缺损修复的共18例。结果总体局部复发率为21．4％（6／28），11例行扩大切除的术后局部复发率为0（0／11），17例行局部切除的术后复发率35．3％（6／17），二者差异有统计学意义（P：0．033）；行术前或术后放疗的局部复发率为0（0／4），单纯手术的局部复发率25．0％（6／24），二者差异无统计学意义（P=0．357）。总体5年生存率为88．9％；行扩大切除的5年无复发生存率为100％，行局部切除的5年无复发生存率为59．6％，二者差异有统计学意义（X2=3．933，P：0．047）。结论扩大切除可以降低头颈部DFSP术后的复发率，对于切缘不充分或切缘不净的DFSP，行局部放疗可能有效。手术缺损较大时应行同期修复。