Local Tumor Behavior Associated With Survival Among Patients With Paraganglioma of the Head and Neck.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of ICD-O-3-classified local tumor behavior as a prognosticator of head and neck paraganglioma (HNP) outcomes.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

National Cancer Database between 2004 and 2016.

Methods

This study included patients aged ≥18 years who were diagnosed with HNP. Clinical outcomes and clinicopathologic features were compared with regard to local tumor behavior.

Results

Our study included 525 patients, of which the majority had HNP classified as locally invasive (45.9%) or borderline (37.9%). The most common anatomic sites involved were the carotid body (33.7%), intracranial regions (29.0%), or cranial nerves (25.5%). Carotid body tumors were exclusively locally

SUBMITTER: Harley RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9096223 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature