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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Oral tongue squamous cell carcinomas in young patients according to their smoking status: a GETTEC study

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Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Apr 20. doi: 10.1007/s00405-021-06793-7. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Incidence of oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) is increasing, especially in young adults, despite decreasing tobacco and alcohol consumption.

METHODS: This multicentric retrospective study of 185 young adults with OTSCC (median follow-up 43 months), investigated risk factors, tumour characteristics and oncological outcomes according to the smoking status.

RESULTS: Overall, 38% of patients were smokers (S). Non-smokers (NS) were significantly younger than S. Sex ratios were 1.1 for N and 1.8 for S. NS patients were less frequently cannabis or alcohol users than S, but were more likely to have a history of leukoplakia. Second primaries were observed in NS (4.4%) and in S (12.7%). Despite more frequent local relapse in NS (p = 0.018), there was no difference in diagnostic stage and overall survival bet ween groups.

CONCLUSION: OTSCC affects differently young S and NS patients suggesting the existence of a specific clinical entity of OTSCC in non-smoking young adults.

PMID:33877432 | DOI:10.1007/s00405-021-06793-7

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