Prognostic analysis and nomogram establishment in patients with mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue: a population-based study using the SEER database

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Prognostic analysis and nomogram establishment in patients with mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the tongue: a population-based study using the SEER database Via http://link.springer.com/journal/405,European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology,The European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Jun 21. doi: 10.1007/s00405-021-06919-x. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinicopathological characteristics and determinants of survival of patients with mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the tongue. METHOD: Retrospective population-based study was conducted using the data of patients diagnosed with MEC of the tongue from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database between 2004 and 2016. RESULTS: A total of 200 cases of MEC of the tongue were identified. The cohort was composed of 56.5% females. The mean age at diagnosis was 58.8 years. The base of the tongue was the most common primary site (72.5%). Most cases (80.9%) presented with T1 and T2. Lymph node metastases was present in 40.9% of cases, while distant metastases only observed in 2.2% of cases. Overall survival (OS) at 2, 5, and 10 years was 80.2%, 69.8%, and 52.4%, respectively. 77.5 p ercent of cases (155/200) underwent surgery, and 66 cases received both surgery and radiation therapy. Patients with post-operative radiation had much longer disease-specific survival (DSS). Advanced T stage, distant metastasis contributed independently to shorter OS, while the use of surgery is an independently favorable prognostic factor for OS. In addition, an OS-specific nomogram was established, and the C-index for OS prediction was 0.74 (95% CI 0.67-0.81). CONCLUSION: This rare malignancy is associated with a generally favorable prognosis, and T stage, distant metastasis as well as surgical therapy are independent predictors of OS. PMID:34152476 | DOI:10.1007/s00405-021-06919-x View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.