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Is there a role of adjuvant treatment for salivary duct carcinoma?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2015

T Nakashima ,
R Yasumatsu ,
S Toh ,
K Hashimoto ,
M Shinoto ,
K Nakamura  and
S Komune
T Nakashima*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
R Yasumatsu
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
S Toh
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
K Hashimoto
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
M Shinoto
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
K Nakamura
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
S Komune
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
*
Address for correspondence: T Nakashima, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan E-mail: nakatora@qent.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

Objective:

To determine the clinical effect of post-operative radiotheraphy and systemic chemotherapy for the treatment of salivary duct carcinoma.

Study design:

Retrospective review.

Design:

The medical records of 26 patients treated by surgery with or without radiotheraphy and/or systemic chemotherapy for salivary duct carcinoma were retrospectively reviewed to investigate the role of post-operative adjuvant treatment for the patients' prognosis.

Results:

The overall three-year and five-year survival rates were 54 and 48.1 per cent, respectively. There was no correlation with the clinical stage and the patients' prognosis. The overall three-year survival of the patients with or without post-operative radiotheraphy was 64 and 33 per cent, respectively (p = 0.29). The overall three-year survival of the patients with or without post-operative chemotherapy was 53 and 56 per cent, respectively (p = 0.78).

Conclusion:

Post-operative adjuvant therapy did not improve the patients' overall prognosis with salivary duct carcinoma. Developing novel treatment modalities may be necessary to improve the prognosis of this aggressive disease.

Keywords

Salivary duct carcinomaRTChemotherapyAdjuvant treatment

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 129 , Issue S2 , March 2015 , pp. S98 - S101
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2015 

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