Academic Programme
Fifty Seventh Annual Meeting
of the
Irish Otorhinolaryngology /
Head and Neck Society
Lough Eske Castle, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Friday 14th & Saturday 15th October 2016
Program
Thursday 13th October
1600 - 1900 Registration
1900 - 1940 IOS Council Meeting
2000 - 2130 President’s Dinner
(by invitation only)
Friday 14th October
0730 - 0850 Registration
0850 - 0900 Welcome by President / Announcements
0900 - 1100 Free Paper Session 1 (Head & Neck)
Chairpersons - Niall Considine & Robin Adair
0900 - 0908 IMPACT OF NECK-NODAL DISEASE ON SURVIVAL OUTCOMES IN HPV-POSITIVE OROPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CANCER
N Kharytaniuk, P Moloney, L Feeley, S Boyle, G O’Leary, P Sheahan
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Objective: Presence of neck nodal metastases in patients with primary head-and-neck cancer has traditionally been regarded as an adverse prognostic factor. We previously found that the presence of extracapsular spread does not influence prognosis in p16-positive oropharynx squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). Recently, lymph node ratio (LNR) (ratio of positive lymph nodes / total lymph nodes harvested) has been reported as a significant prognosticator in oral cavity SCC. In the present study, we aimed to determine the significance of advanced N-classification (N2b+), number of positive nodes, and LNR on recurrence and survival in OPSCC patients.
Methods: Retrospective review of 86 patients with primary OPSCC or SCC of unknown primary treated at our institution between 1998 and 2014. p16-immunohistochemistry was performed in all cases. LNR was categorised into LNR ................
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