Long-term results of carotid body tumours surgery and predictive analytics on metastatic disease and recurrence.

Objective: The determination of clinico-surgical predictors of carotid body tumour (CBT) metastasizing and/or recurrence.

Methods: Patients with CBT but without a history of its previous treatment who had received inpatient medical aid at a tertiary surgical centre during the period 2011-2021 were retrospectively reviewed to obtain baseline data. Primary endpoints of the study were CBT metastasizing and/or local recurrence after radical surgery (composite endpoint) and overall survival.