Persistent tracheostomy after primary chemoradiation for advanced laryngeal or hypopharyngeal cancer.

Tennant, Paul A; Cash, Elizabeth; Bumpous, Jeffrey M; Potts, Kevin L

Tennant, Paul A; Cash, Elizabeth; Bumpous, Jeffrey M; Potts, Kevin L.

Affiliation

Tennant PA; Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.

Head Neck ; 36(11): 1628-33, 2014 Nov.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24115178

Subject(s)

Chemoradiotherapy/adverse effects; Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms/therapy; Laryngeal Neoplasms/therapy; Organ Sparing Treatments; Tracheostomy/statistics & numerical data; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Chemoradiotherapy/methods; Databases, Factual; Disease-Free Survival; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms/mortality; Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms/pathology; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Laryngeal Neoplasms/mortality; Laryngeal Neoplasms/pathology; Long-Term Care; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Invasiveness/pathology; Neoplasm Staging; Quality of Life; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Survival Analysis; Time Factors

Key words

advanced laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer; chemoradiation; laryngeal organ preservation; persistent tracheostomy requirement; tracheostomy

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Tracheostomy / Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Laryngeal Neoplasms / Chemoradiotherapy / Organ Sparing Treatments Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Aspects: Patient_preference Limits: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Head Neck Journal subject: NEOPLASIAS Year: 2014 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States

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