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Our study aims to describe disease characteristics, treatments and outcomes of patients with EAC cancer, increasing understanding of the management of this rare disease.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Retrospective, observational study including patients with non-melanoma EAC skin cancer treated at Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 Head and Neck Unit from 2012 to 2021, with follow-up until October 2023. Patient with EAC or auricular primaries extending into the EAC were included. Demographic, histopathological, and surgical data were obtained from electronic records.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Thirty-eight patients were included, 86.8% treated with curative intent. The median follow-up was 49.9 months. One, three, and five-year overall survival for patients treated curatively were 100%, 96.9% and 75.3%, respectively, versus 40.0%, 0.0% and 0.0% for palliative. 68.4% had advanced disease (Pittsburgh staging, III: 18.4%, IV: 50.0%). 39.5% were treated after recurrent or persistent disease. Histological subtypes included squamous cell carcinoma (60.5%), basal cell carcinoma (26.3%) and others (13.2%). Among those treated surgically (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200931), 74.2% underwent lateral temporal bone resection and 29.0% wide local excision. 83.9% had parotidectomy, neck dissection or both. 51.6% received post-operative radiotherapy\/chemoradiotherapy. Advanced stage was significantly associated with reduced overall survival (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.05) but not disease-free survival (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.25). No primary site features, regional metastasis (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.63), direct parotid invasion (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.71) or age (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.15) significantly impacted survival.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>According to the good outcomes reported, this study suggests lowering the threshold for radical treatment may improve outcomes for patients with potentially poor prognostic features.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00405-025-09274-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,20]],"date-time":"2025-02-20T13:44:19Z","timestamp":1740059059000},"page":"3657-3667","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Non-melanoma skin cancer of the external auditory canal: long-term outcomes of a tertiary head and neck unit"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"282","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4662-4180","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eleanor","family":"Apthorp","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rebecca","family":"Lam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rupert","family":"Obholzer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean-Pierre","family":"Jeannon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richard","family":"Oakley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aleix","family":"Rovira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,20]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"9274_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-021-83502-8","volume":"11","author":"M Ci\u0105\u017cy\u0144ska","year":"2021","unstructured":"Ci\u0105\u017cy\u0144ska M, Kami\u0144ska-Winciorek G, Lange D, Lewandowski B, Reich A, S\u0142awi\u0144ska M et al (2021) The incidence and clinical analysis of non-melanoma skin cancer. 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