The Value of Post-treatment Surveillance for Detection of Loco-regional Recurrences in Oral Tongue Cancer
2021 (English)In: Anticancer Research, ISSN 0250-7005, E-ISSN 1791-7530, Vol. 41, no 10, p. 5059-5063Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
BACKGROUND/AIM: Follow-up after treatment for oral tongue cancer consists of routine follow-up visits for five years. It has been suggested that this program is inefficient for finding recurrences. The primary objective of this study was to investigate how recurrences are detected; at routine follow-up visits, at patient-initiated visits, or incidentally. The secondary objective was to investigate whether the two-year survival after diagnosis of recurrence depended on the manner of detection.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients with recurrences from oral tongue cancer between 1988 and 2016 were included. Survival was analysed by the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test.
RESULTS: A total of 75 patients were included. In 67% of patients, recurrences were detected at routine follow-up visits, and in 27% at patient-initiated visits. No significant difference in survival between the groups was found (p=0.56).
CONCLUSION: The majority of recurrences were detected at routine follow-up visits. Patient-initiated recurrence detection did not lead to increased survival.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
International Institute of Anticancer Research, 2021. Vol. 41, no 10, p. 5059-5063
Keywords [en]
Oral tongue cancer, locoregional recurrence, post-treatment surveillance, survival
National Category
Cancer and Oncology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-94788DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.15321ISI: 000721042000042PubMedID: 34593455Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85116387205OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-94788DiVA, id: diva2:1600059
Note
Funding agency:
Research council at the Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
2021-10-042021-10-042021-12-16Bibliographically approved