%0 Journal Article %A VAMSI VARRA %A NEIL M. WOODY %A CHANDANA REDDY %A NIKHIL P. JOSHI %A JESSICA GEIGER %A DAVID J. ADELSTEIN %A BRIAN B. BURKEY %A JOSEPH SCHARPF %A BRANDON PRENDES %A ERIC D. LAMARRE %A ROBERT LORENZ %A BRIAN GASTMAN %A BINDU V. MANYAM %A SHLOMO A. KOYFMAN %T Suboptimal Outcomes in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck with Nodal Metastases %D 2018 %R 10.21873/anticanres.12923 %J Anticancer Research %P 5825-5830 %V 38 %N 10 %X Background/Aim: There are limited data regarding survival, failure patterns, and factors associated with disease recurrence in patients with cutaneous squamous cell cancer of the head and neck (cSCC-HN) with nodal metastases. Patients and Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients with cSCC-HN metastatic to cervical and/or parotid lymph nodes treated with surgery and post-operative radiation therapy was performed. Results: This study included 76 patients (57 immunocompetent and 18 immunosuppressed) with a median follow-up of 18 months. Overall survival, disease-free survival (DFS), and disease recurrence (DR) at 2 years was 60%, 49%, and 40%, respectively. Immunosuppressed patients had significantly lower 2-year DFS (28% vs. 55%; p=0.003) and higher DR (61% vs. 34%; p=0.04) compared to immunocompetent patients. Analysis of immunocompetent patients demonstrated extracapsular extension (ECE) as the only factor associated with DR (p<0.0001). Conclusion: Patients with nodal metastases from cSCC-HN have suboptimal outcomes. ECE and immunosuppression were significantly associated with DR. %U https://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/anticanres/38/10/5825.full.pdf