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Volume 7, Issue 3 (Suppl)
Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale), an open access journal
ISSN:2161-119X
Head, Neck and Plastic Surgery 2017
June 19-20, 2017
June 19-20, 2017 Philadelphia, USA
5
th
Global Summit and Expo on
Head, Neck and Plastic Surgery
A comparison between HPV positive and negative cervical disease in head and neck squamous cell
carcinoma
Adal Mirza, Gareth Thomas
and
Emma King
University of Southampton, UK
Introduction & Aim:
Lymph node metastasis in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) is common at the time
of presentation. Prior to the advent of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-driven disease, regional metastasis was associated with
poor prognosis, but today advanced HPV(+) disease as per the Tumor Nodes Metastasis (TNM) classification, demonstrates
a different natural history with improved responses to treatment and 5-year survival. This is a retrospective review of patients
undergoing neck dissection for HNSCC and demonstrates remarkable discrepancies in outcomes between HPV(+) and HPV(-)
disease.
Methods:
Ethical approval was obtained (UKCRN8130; ISRCTN71276356; andREC references 09/H0501/90 and 07/Q0405/1).
662 patients diagnosed with HNSCC were retrospectively identified. HPV-status was determined using a combination of p16
immunohistochemistry and HPV
in situ
hybridization; 131 patients were HPV(+) and 531 HPV(-). 337 patients underwent
neck dissection and were included in the study.
Results:
HPV(+) disease demonstrated better overall survival than HPV(-) disease. Extracapsular spread (ECS) was seen
in 44.1% of HPV(+) cohort, but had no effect on overall survival (OS) (p=0.269, HR 0.99). Contrarily, 18.9% of the HPV(-)
cohort had evidence of ECS and this had a detrimental effect on OS (p=0.027, HR 1.9). In the HPV(+) cohort, a mean of 4
positive nodes were harvested, in comparison to 1.5 in HPV(-) patients (p=0.005). Five or more positive nodes were found to
be significantly correlated with poor OS in HPV(+) disease (p<0.001).
Conclusion:
We show that the presence of ECS is only linked with a poor outcome in patients who are HPV(-). Our data also
demonstrates that number of positive nodes is linked to survival.
Biography
Adal Mirza is an Otolaryngology Trainee based in the United Kingdom with an interest in Head and Neck Surgery. He is currently pursuing higher degree in HPV
related Head and Neck Cancer at the University of Southampton, UK.
mirzaadal@gmail.comAdal Mirza, Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale) 2017, 7:3 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2161-119X-C1-016