TY - JOUR
T1 - Rethinking the Definition of High Risk in Pediatric Salivary Gland Carcinoma
AU - Acharya, Sahaja
AU - Sinard, Rebecca N.
AU - Rangel, Gustavo
AU - Rastatter, Jeffrey C.
AU - Sheyn, Anthony
N1 - Funding Information:
Competing interests: Sahaja Acharya reports receiving grants from the Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology outside the submitted work.
Publisher Copyright:
© American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation 2021.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Objective: Indications for adjuvant radiation in pediatric salivary gland carcinoma rely on high-risk criteria extrapolated from adult data. We sought to determine whether adult-derived high-risk criteria were prognostic in children aged ≤21 years or young adults aged 22 to 39 years. Study Design: Cross-sectional analysis of a hospital-based national registry. Setting: Patients were identified from the National Cancer Database between 2004 and 2015. Methods: High-risk criteria were defined as adenoid cystic histology, intermediate/high grade, T3/T4, positive margins, and/or lymph node involvement. Exact matching was used to adjust for differences in baseline characteristics between pediatric and young adult patients. Results: We identified 215 pediatric patients aged ≤21 years, 317 patients aged 22 to 30 years, and 466 patients aged 31 to 39 years. Within the pediatric cohort, there was no significant difference in overall survival (OS) between low- and high-risk groups (5-year OS, 100% vs 98.5%; P =.29). In contrast, within the young adult cohorts, there was a significant difference in OS between low- and high-risk groups in patients aged 22 to 30 years (5-year OS, 100% vs 96.1%; P =.01) and 31 to 39 years (5-year OS, 100% vs 88.5%; P <.001). When high-risk patients were matched 1:1 on high-risk criteria and race, pediatric patients were associated with better OS than those aged 22 to 30 years (P =.044) and those aged 31 to 39 years (P =.005). Conclusion: Children have excellent OS, irrespective of adult-derived high-risk status. These findings underscore the need to understand how age modifies clinicopathologic risk factors.
AB - Objective: Indications for adjuvant radiation in pediatric salivary gland carcinoma rely on high-risk criteria extrapolated from adult data. We sought to determine whether adult-derived high-risk criteria were prognostic in children aged ≤21 years or young adults aged 22 to 39 years. Study Design: Cross-sectional analysis of a hospital-based national registry. Setting: Patients were identified from the National Cancer Database between 2004 and 2015. Methods: High-risk criteria were defined as adenoid cystic histology, intermediate/high grade, T3/T4, positive margins, and/or lymph node involvement. Exact matching was used to adjust for differences in baseline characteristics between pediatric and young adult patients. Results: We identified 215 pediatric patients aged ≤21 years, 317 patients aged 22 to 30 years, and 466 patients aged 31 to 39 years. Within the pediatric cohort, there was no significant difference in overall survival (OS) between low- and high-risk groups (5-year OS, 100% vs 98.5%; P =.29). In contrast, within the young adult cohorts, there was a significant difference in OS between low- and high-risk groups in patients aged 22 to 30 years (5-year OS, 100% vs 96.1%; P =.01) and 31 to 39 years (5-year OS, 100% vs 88.5%; P <.001). When high-risk patients were matched 1:1 on high-risk criteria and race, pediatric patients were associated with better OS than those aged 22 to 30 years (P =.044) and those aged 31 to 39 years (P =.005). Conclusion: Children have excellent OS, irrespective of adult-derived high-risk status. These findings underscore the need to understand how age modifies clinicopathologic risk factors.
KW - children
KW - salivary gland carcinoma
KW - survival
KW - young adults
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U2 - 10.1177/01945998211020301
DO - 10.1177/01945998211020301
M3 - Article
C2 - 34154462
AN - SCOPUS:85108860310
SN - 0194-5998
VL - 166
SP - 548
EP - 556
JO - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)
JF - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)
IS - 3
ER -