Quantitative pretreatment CT volumetry: Association with oncologic outcomes in patients with T4a squamous carcinoma of the larynx
Shiao J, Mohamed A, Messer J, Hutcheson K, Johnson J, Enderling H, Kamal M, Warren B, Pham B, Morrison W, Zafereo M, Hessel A, Lai S, Kies M, Ferrarotto R, Garden A, Schomer D, Gunn G, Phan J, Frank S, Beadle B, Weber R, Lewin J, Rosenthal D, Fuller C. Quantitative pretreatment CT volumetry: Association with oncologic outcomes in patients with T4a squamous carcinoma of the larynx. Head & Neck 2017, 39: 1609-1620. PMID: 28464542, PMCID: PMC5511768, DOI: 10.1002/hed.24804.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT4a laryngeal cancerSquamous cell carcinomaTumor volumeOverall survivalLaryngeal cancerFive-year overall survivalWorse disease-specific survivalLaryngeal squamous cell carcinomaFive-year OSCause-specific survivalDisease-specific survivalEvent-free survivalIndependent prognostic factorRecurrence-free survivalPrimary tumor volumeSignificant independent correlatesTumor volume measurementsLarynx preservationOncologic outcomesPrognostic factorsPretreatment CTSquamous carcinomaCell carcinomaIndependent correlatesTotal laryngectomy