Facial nerve perineural spread from cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: A single institution analysis of epidemiology, treatment, survival outcomes, and prognostic factors
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Gandhi, Mitesh
Bowman, James J
Porceddu, Sandro
Panizza, Benedict J
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Background: This study aimed to examine patients with facial nerve (VII) perineural spread (PNS) from cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Methods: Retrospective analysis of patients managed by an Australian tertiary center between 2000 and 2019. Results: Seventy three patients were included. Most presented with recurrent disease (89.0%) and simultaneous trigeminal nerve (V) involvement (67.1%). Of the 55 patients (75.3%) who received curative intent treatment, 48 received surgery plus/minus post-operative radiotherapy. In these patients, 5-year disease-free survival, disease-specific survival, and overall survival was 50.7%, 68.7%, and 58.1%, respectively. Pathological nodal disease, involved margins, increasing VII zonal extent, and concurrent zone 2 V PNS significantly worsened outcomes. Conclusion: High rates of recurrent disease reflects the importance of adequate treatment of the primary. Surgery and post-operative radiotherapy remains the mainstay treatment. Outcomes are improved in early-stage disease and with clear surgical margins, reinforcing the need for prompt diagnosis and intervention.
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Head & Neck
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44
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© 2022 The Authors. Head & Neck published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
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Schachtel, MJC; Gandhi, M; Bowman, JJ; Porceddu, S; Panizza, BJ, Facial nerve perineural spread from cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: A single institution analysis of epidemiology, treatment, survival outcomes, and prognostic factors, Head & Neck, 2022, 44 (5), pp. 1223-1236