[Clinical and biological prognostic factors in 135 patients affected by sinonasal carcinoma treated in Piedmont]

G Ital Med Lav Ergon. 2011 Jul-Sep;33(3 Suppl):108-11.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Clinical and biological prognostic factors in 135 patients affected by sinonasal carcinoma treated in Piedmont. Long-term survival of patients with sinonasal carcinoma remains disappointing in spite of aggressive treatment. The aim of the study is the assessment of overall survival in a group of patients treated with a fixed protocol and the positivity of proliferation and neoangiogenesis markers (Ki-67 and VEGF). From our data it comes out that staging, histological type and treatment are the most important clinical and pathological prognostic factors, moreover surgery +/- radiotherapy is the first line treatment for these tumors. Proliferation index and neoangiogenesis plays a pivotal role in the natural history of such neoplasms.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / mortality*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / therapy
  • Female
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / mortality*
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / therapy
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / mortality*
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / therapy
  • Prognosis
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
  • Survival Rate
  • Young Adult