Abstract
Background: The prognostic importance of intraparotid lymph node metastasis (P+) in patients with primary parotid gland carcinoma is unclear. Methods: Nineteen retrospective and noncomparative cohort studies, published between 1992 and 2020, met the inclusion criteria and included 2202 patients for this systematic review. Results: The pooled prevalence of the P in adult patients in the unselected studies was 24.10% (95% confidence interval = 17.95-30.25). The number of P+ lymph nodes per patient was counted in only three studies and ranged from 1 to 11. The 5-year recurrence-free survival rate based on Kaplan-Meier analysis varied from 83% to 88% in P− patients compared to 36% to 54% in P+ patients. The average hazard ratio for tumor recurrence in patients with P+ compared to P− was 2.67 ± 0.58. Conclusions: P+ is an independent negative prognostic factor in primary parotid gland cancer and should be included into the treatment planning.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 997-1008 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Head and Neck |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Clinical significance
- Intraparotid lymph node metastasis
- Nodal metastasis
- Prevalence
- Primary parotid cancer
- Survival