Journal article
National cancer database report on chondrosarcoma of the head and neck
Head & neck, Vol.22(4), pp.408-425
07/2000
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0347(200007)22:4<408::AID-HED15>3.0.CO;2-H
PMID: 10862026
Abstract
Background
Management of chondrosarcoma of the head and neck is largely based on single‐institution reports with small numbers accrued over several decades.
Methods
The American College of Surgeons' National Cancer Data Base included 400 cases of chondrosarcoma of the head and neck diagnosed between 1985 and 1995. Chi square analyses of selected contingency tables and Wilcoxon regression analyses of selected survival stratifications were performed.
Results
Histologic types included conventional (80.8%), myxoid (10.5%), and mesenchymal (8.8%). The mesenchymal and myxoid subtypes were rare among white patients (17.1%) and more common among African‐American (31.8%) and Hispanic patients (44.9%). Treatment was most commonly surgery alone (59.5%) and surgery with irradiation (21.0%). Disease‐specific survival was 87.2% at 5 years and 70.6% at 10 years. Worse 5‐year survival was associated with higher grade (67.3%), regional or distant spread (71.0%), and the myxoid (45.0%) or mesenchymal (53.2%) subtypes.
Conclusions
Chondrosarcoma of the head and neck encompasses a variety of lesions that differ substantially by demographic and tumor characteristics. Individual tumors can be classified further according to site of origin, histologic subtype, and tumor grade, which can be used to predict biologic behavior and prognosis. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Head Neck 22: 408–425, 2000.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- National cancer database report on chondrosarcoma of the head and neck
- Creators
- Brenton B KochLucy H KarnellHenry T HoffmanLouis W ApostolakisRobert A RobinsonWeining ZhenHerman R Menck
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Head & neck, Vol.22(4), pp.408-425
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc; New York
- DOI
- 10.1002/1097-0347(200007)22:4<408::AID-HED15>3.0.CO;2-H
- PMID
- 10862026
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
- eISSN
- 1097-0347
- Number of pages
- 18
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2000
- Academic Unit
- Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine; Pathology; Radiation Oncology; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984006304802771
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