Assessment of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil in patients with oral cavity cancer

Abstract Background Chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil (TPF) has been studied in patients with head and neck cancer. Its impact on patients with oral cavity cancer was not specified. Methods We consecutively reviewed medical files of patients with untreated oral cavity cancer w...

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Main Authors: Jin Ye Fu, Xiu Hui Yue, Min Jun Dong, Jiang Li, Chen Ping Zhang
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Published: Wiley 2023-02-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5075
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description Abstract Background Chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil (TPF) has been studied in patients with head and neck cancer. Its impact on patients with oral cavity cancer was not specified. Methods We consecutively reviewed medical files of patients with untreated oral cavity cancer who received neoadjuvant TPF chemotherapy in our department from January 2017 to April 2020. Outcomes included the objective response to TPF chemotherapy, factors associated with the response, and progression and survival in different response groups. Results A total of 167 patients were included, with half of stage IV disease. Complete or partial response was observed in 51 patients. A total of 91 patients had stable disease, and 25 patients had progressive disease. The response was not associated with age, sex, anatomic subsite, and the tumor's T stage. It was related with N stage (p < 0.001) and clinical stage (p = 0.004). Most patients with bulky nodes or nodes with obvious necrosis showed low response or even progressed after neoadjuvant TPF chemotherapy. The planned surgery was conducted in 159 patients. Disease relapse mostly occurred in 2 years after treatment. The 2‐year overall survival and the progression‐free survival were 89.0% and 85.2% for patients with complete or partial response, 62.4% and 55.6% for patients with stable disease, and 12.5% and 4.2% for patients with progressive disease, respectively. Conclusions The response of neoadjuvant TPF chemotherapy in patients with oral cavity cancer is related to disease stage, especially the nodal stage. Patients with complete or partial response developed less progression events and better survival.
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spelling doaj-art-684d256ac22e48d2bcd79ac12e6610252025-08-20T01:53:22ZengWileyCancer Medicine2045-76342023-02-011232417242610.1002/cam4.5075Assessment of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil in patients with oral cavity cancerJin Ye Fu0Xiu Hui Yue1Min Jun Dong2Jiang Li3Chen Ping Zhang4Department of Oral & Maxillofacial – Head & Neck Oncology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai ChinaDepartment of Radiology Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai ChinaDepartment of Radiology Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai ChinaNational Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology Shanghai ChinaDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial – Head & Neck Oncology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai ChinaAbstract Background Chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil (TPF) has been studied in patients with head and neck cancer. Its impact on patients with oral cavity cancer was not specified. Methods We consecutively reviewed medical files of patients with untreated oral cavity cancer who received neoadjuvant TPF chemotherapy in our department from January 2017 to April 2020. Outcomes included the objective response to TPF chemotherapy, factors associated with the response, and progression and survival in different response groups. Results A total of 167 patients were included, with half of stage IV disease. Complete or partial response was observed in 51 patients. A total of 91 patients had stable disease, and 25 patients had progressive disease. The response was not associated with age, sex, anatomic subsite, and the tumor's T stage. It was related with N stage (p < 0.001) and clinical stage (p = 0.004). Most patients with bulky nodes or nodes with obvious necrosis showed low response or even progressed after neoadjuvant TPF chemotherapy. The planned surgery was conducted in 159 patients. Disease relapse mostly occurred in 2 years after treatment. The 2‐year overall survival and the progression‐free survival were 89.0% and 85.2% for patients with complete or partial response, 62.4% and 55.6% for patients with stable disease, and 12.5% and 4.2% for patients with progressive disease, respectively. Conclusions The response of neoadjuvant TPF chemotherapy in patients with oral cavity cancer is related to disease stage, especially the nodal stage. Patients with complete or partial response developed less progression events and better survival.https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5075neoadjuvant chemotherapyoral cavity cancerprogressionresponse ratesurvivalTPF regimen
spellingShingle Jin Ye Fu
Xiu Hui Yue
Min Jun Dong
Jiang Li
Chen Ping Zhang
Assessment of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil in patients with oral cavity cancer
Cancer Medicine
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
oral cavity cancer
progression
response rate
survival
TPF regimen
title Assessment of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil in patients with oral cavity cancer
title_full Assessment of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil in patients with oral cavity cancer
title_fullStr Assessment of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil in patients with oral cavity cancer
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil in patients with oral cavity cancer
title_short Assessment of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil in patients with oral cavity cancer
title_sort assessment of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel cisplatin and fluorouracil in patients with oral cavity cancer
topic neoadjuvant chemotherapy
oral cavity cancer
progression
response rate
survival
TPF regimen
url https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5075
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