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DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1718171
The influence of age on treatment and prognosis of patients with squamous cell vulvar cancer (VSCC)- a subset analysis of the AGO-CaRE-1 study
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Background Despite an increasing incidence with decreasing age of onset, the impact of age on prognosis and treatment patterns in VSCC has not been studied yet.
Methods This is a subgroup analysis of the AGO-CaRE-1 study. Patients with primary VSCC (FIGO: ≥1B), treated at 29 cancer centers in Germany (1998 -2008), were included in a centralized database (n=1618). In this subgroup analysis patients were analyzed according to age (< 50yrs (n=220), 50-69yrs (n=506), ≥70yrs (n=521)) with regard to treatment patterns and prognosis. Only patients with documented age, surgical groin staging and known nodal status were included (n=1247). Median follow-up was 27.5 months.
Results At first diagnosis, women >70yrs presented with more advanced tumor stages (< 0.001), larger tumor diameter (< 0.001), poorer ECOG status (< 0.001), higher tumor grading (0.048), a higher rate of nodal involvement (< 0.001) and HPV negativity (0.03) compared to the other age groups. 2- year DFS was 81.1 % (< 50yrs), 65.8 % (50-69yrs), and 59.3 % (≥70yrs), respectively. In a multivariate analysis age, ECOG, tumor stage, grading and receipt of (chemo)radiation were independent predictive factors for death or recurrence. Elderly had a higher risk for death or recurrence, compared to the youngest group (HR:3.21, p< 0.001). In case of recurrence, elderly showed more isolated vulvar recurrences (18.2 % vs. 15.2 % in 50-69yrs vs. 12.7 % in < 50yrs, p=0.001).
Conclusions Older women present with advanced disease at first diagnosis in comparison to younger patients. Potential reasons could be self-awareness and/or more aggressive tumor biology due to HPV negative disease.
Interessenkonflikt
Mustafa Muallem is an adviser from Styker. He received honoraria from Olympus, Ethicon (Johnson and Johnson), Roche, and Astrazeneca in the last 2 years. All other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Publication History
Article published online:
07 October 2020
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