Hiroshi Matsuyama, Yushi Ueki, Isaku Okamoto, Toshitaka Nagao, Kohei Honda, Keisuke Yamazaki, Ryuichi Okabe, Takafumi Togashi, Ryusuke Shodo, Hisayuki Ota, Takeshi Takahashi, Jo Omata, Yusuke Yokoyama, Kohei Saijo, Ryoko Tanaka, Kiyoaki Tsukahara, Tadashi Kitahara, Hirokazu Uemura, Seiichi Yoshimoto, Fumihiko Matsumoto, Kenji Okami, Akihiro Sakai, Kenichi Takano, Atsushi Kondo, Hidenori Inohara, Hirotaka Eguchi, Nobuhiko Oridate, Teruhiko Tanabe, Munenaga Nakamizo, Kazuhiko Yokoshima, Koki Miura, Yosuke Kitani, Arata Horii
OBJECTIVE: Basal information of head and neck small-cell carcinoma (HNSmCC) including epidemiology, primary site, treatment, and prognosis remains sparse due to its rarity. We report here a multicenter retrospective study on the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of patients with HNSmCC. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study involved 47 patients with HNSmCC from 10 participating institutions. Eight patients were excluded for whom no pathological specimens were available ( n = 2) and for discrepant central pathological judgements ( n = 6)...
2022: Frontiers in Surgery