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. 2012 Apr 23;2012:945162. doi: 10.5402/2012/945162

Table 2.

Oncologic outcomes following TORS for OPSCC.

Study Number of cases Primary site Pathological stage HPV status Followup period (mean) Oncologic outcomes
Cohen et al. [13] (Apr '10) 50 Oropharynx T1/2: 39 HPV-neg: 13 HPV-neg: 23.0 mths 1 yr: 95.7% (45/47)
T3: 11 2 yr: 80.6% (25/31)
HPV-pos: 37 HPV-pos: 24.8 mths
N0: 9
N1: 21
N2a: 0
N2b: 20
N2c: 0
N3: 0

Genden et al. [20] (Aug '11) 30 27 oropharynx (90%) T1/2: 30/30 N/A 20.4 mths 18 mth:
1 larynx (3.3%) locoregional control: 91%
1 oral cavity (3.3%) N0: 6 distant control: 93%
1 hypopharynx (3.3%) N1: 10 DFS: 78%
N2a: 5 OS: 90%
N2b: 7
N2c: 2
N3: 0

Weinstein et al. [28] (Nov '10) 47 Oropharynx T1/2: 36 N/A 26 mths Overall:
T3/4: 11 1 yr: 96% (45/47)
2 yr: 82% (27/33)
N0: 1 DFS:
N1: 24 1 yr: 96% (45/47)
N2a: 1 2 yr: 79% (26/33)
N2b: 19
N2c: 2
N3: 0

White et al. [29] (Dec '10) 89 77 oropharynx (87%) T1/2: 71 N/A 26 mths (median) DFS (entire cohort)
10 larynx (11%) T3/4: 18 2 years: 86.3%
2 oral cavity (2%)
N0: 27 DFS (primary TORS cohort)
N1: 8 2 years: 89.3%
N2a: 11
N2b: 26
N2c: 12
N3: 4