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Risk factors of lymphovascular invasion in hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma and its influence on prognosis

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Abstract

Purpose

Lymphatic vascular invasion (LVI) is a poor prognostic factor for hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HPSCC), but the risk factors of LVI and its relationship with clinicopathological of HPSCC remain unclear. This study aims to explore these issues.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed the clinicopathological data of 170 patients with HPSCC from January 2011 to December 2015. The relationship between LVI and clinicopathologic was analyzed by Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test. The risk factors of LVI were examined using a logistic regression model, while risk factors of survival rate were carried out using the Cox regression model.

Results

LVI occurred in 59 cases (34.7%). In multivariate analysis, T3–4 stage (HR = 2.877; 95% CI: 1.379–6.004; p = 0.005), N2–3 stage (HR = 2.325; 95% CI: 1.120–4.824; p = 0.024), and poor differentiation (HR = 2.983; 95% CI: 1.229–7.242; p = 0.016) were independent risk factors for LVI; positive LVI was an independent risk factor for local recurrence (HR = 2.488; 95% CI: 1.150–5.383; p = 0.021), poor 5-year OS (HR = 0.375; 95% CI: 0.232–0.606; p < 0.000), DSS (HR = 0.374; 95% CI: 0.235–0.595; p < 0.000), and DFS (HR = 0.454; 95% CI:0.254–0.813; p = 0.008).

Conclusion

T3–4 stage, N2–3 stage and poor differentiation are independent risk factors for LVI of HPSCC; LVI increases the local recurrence and regional recurrence rate, and decreases 5-year OS, DFS and DSS of HPSCC.

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The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai General Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Shanghai, 200080, China

    Gao Gang, Chen Xinwei, Chen LiXiao, Zhang Yu, Zhang Cheng & Dong Pin

  2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Nantong, Nantong, 226001, China

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DP: conceptualization, methodology, writing—review and editing; GG: methodology, formal analysis, data curation, writing—original draft preparation, visualization; CXW: writing—review and editing, supervision; CLX, ZY, ZC: data curation.

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Gang, G., Xinwei, C., LiXiao, C. et al. Risk factors of lymphovascular invasion in hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma and its influence on prognosis. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 279, 1473–1479 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-021-06906-2

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