Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by transoral robotic surgery versus upfront surgery for locoregionally advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma: A propensity score matched analysis.
Claudio Sampieri, Eleonora Cioccoloni, Andrea Costantino, Dahee Kim, Kyuin Lee, Giuseppe Meccariello, Giovanni Cammaroto, Claudio Vicini, Se-Heon Kim
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Abstract
Background: Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) performed after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is a promising treatment for advanced-stage oropharyngeal carcinoma (OPSCC) able to reduce the adjuvant therapy administration rate.
Methods: A retrospective bi-centric study was conducted to analyze NAC + TORS versus upfront TORS patients. A 1:1 propensity score matching was used to compare the two groups.
Results: Among the 300 patients with stage III-IV OPSCC, 204 patients were matched for comparing NAC + TORS versus upfront TORS. Between the two groups, no significant difference was observed in recurrences and in survival for RFS, OS, and DSS. In the NAC + TORS p16-positive population, adjuvant therapy could be spared in 51% versus 16% in the upfront surgery cohort (p < 0.001) due to the lower frequency of pathological risk factors after NAC.
Conclusions: NAC followed by TORS for locoregionally advanced OPSCC demonstrated to achieve non-inferior survival outcomes to upfront surgery, while in the p16-positive population allowed to significantly spare adjuvant therapy.