title: Salivary duct carcinoma: a Danish national study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To present the first national series of salivary duct carcinoma patients, including survival rates and an analysis of prognostic factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  By merging three Danish nationwide registries that encompass an entire population, 34 patients diagnosed with salivary duct carcinoma from 1990 to 2005 were identified. Histological slides were reviewed, and data concerning demographics, tumour site, clinical stage, treatment profiles and follow-up were retrieved. Survival estimates and prognostic factors were evaluated by comparing Kaplan-Meier plots using the Mantel-Haenszel log-rank test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Salivary duct carcinoma showed an incidence of 0.04/100.000 inhabitants/year. Distant recurrence was seen in 52% of patients. Five-year overall survival, disease-specific survival and recurrence-free survival were 32%, 42% and 35%, respectively. Univariate analyses suggested that overall stage (III/IV) and vascular invasion have a negative impact on all survival measures. Involved resection margins correlated with a poorer overall survival and disease-specific survival, whereas adjuvant radiotherapy improved overall survival and recurrence-free survival.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Salivary duct carcinoma incidence averages to two episodes per year in the entire Kingdom of Denmark. With half of patients in this study experiencing distant recurrences and only a third surviving at 5 years, prognosis is dismal. Advanced overall stage, vascular invasion and involved resection margins all seem to correlate with a poorer survival, while adjuvant radiotherapy significantly improved outcome. Extensive T-site surgery, neck dissection and adjuvant radiotherapy are therefore recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of ORL - Head and Neck Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Helle
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Breinholt
authors.affiliation: Department of ORL - Head and Neck Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Mohammad Talal
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Elhakim
authors.affiliation: Department of ORL - Head and Neck Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Godballe
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Lisbeth Juhler
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Hanne
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Primdahl
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital/Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Claus A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kristensen
authors.affiliation: Department of ORL - Head and Neck Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. Kristine.Bjoerndal@rsyd.dk.
authors.forename: Kristine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bjørndal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012008:Recurrence; D012042:Registries; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate
keywords: national; prognostic factors; salivary duct carcinoma; survival