Causes of long-term mortality in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinomas.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

After treatment of a head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), patients with an adequate control of the tumor have a decreased overall survival when compared to age- and gender-matched controls in the general population. The aim of our study was to analyze the causes of long-term mortality in patients with HNSCC.

Methods

We carried out a retrospective study of 5122 patients with an index HNSCC treated at our center between 1985 and 2018. We analyzed the survival considering three causes of death: mortality associated with the HNSCC index tumor, mortality associated with a second or successive neoplasm, and mortality associated with a non-cancer cause.

Results

After the diagnosis of an HNSCC the most frequent cause of death is the head and neck tumor itsel

SUBMITTER: Lop J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9130168 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature