Christopher C Tseng¹, Jeff Gao¹, Gregory L Barinsky¹, Jordon G Grube², Christina H Fang³, Jean Anderson Eloy^1,4,5,6,7 and Wayne D Hsueh^1,4*

¹Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA
²Department of Otolaryngology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York, USA
³Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
⁴Center for Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery, Neurological Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA
⁵Department of Neurological Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA
⁶Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA
⁷Department of Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery, Saint Barnabas Medical Center - RWJ Barnabas Health, Livingston, New Jersey, USA

*Corresponding Author: Wayne D Hsueh, Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA.

Received: August 25, 2021; Published: September 11, 2021

Abstract

Introduction: To investigate the impact of site-specific metastases on survival and identify predictors of metastasis in patients with nasopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Materials and Methods: The National Cancer Database was queried for all cases of nasopharyngeal SCC between 2010-2016 which had metastasized to distant sites (460 cases). This was then further classified as metastases to bone, liver, lung, brain, and multiple sites. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to compare patient demographics between sites. Kaplan-Meier analysis was applied to compare overall survival.

Results: A total of 145 (31.5%) distant metastases to bone, 55 (12.0%) to liver, 112 (24.3%) to lung, 15 (3.5%) to brain, and 113 (28.9%) to multiple sites were identified. One-year survival for the entire cohort was 50.4% with a median survival of 12.4 months. One-year survival was 58.3% for liver metastasis, 53.2% for bone, 48.9% for multiple sites, 44.2% for brain, and 42.7% for lung (log-rank p = 0.252). Patient age (p = 0.009) and treatment facility type (p = 0.019) were found to predict the site of distant metastasis. Being younger than 60 had lower odds of metastasis to liver compared to bone (OR 0.527, 95% CI [0.311 - 0.893], p = 0.017).

Conclusion: There was no significant difference found in survival between metastases to different sites. The patient’s treatment facility type and age were associated significantly with lower odds of nasopharyngeal SCC metastasis to certain distant sites.

Keywords: Nasopharynx; National Cancer Database; Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Survival, Metastasis, Distant Site

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Citation

Citation: Wayne D Hsueh., et al. “Characterizing the Effects of Site-Specific Metastases on Nasopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Survival".Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 3.10 (2020): 24-31.

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