Pattern and prognosis of distant metastases in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A large-population retrospective analysis.

ABSTRACT: Currently, the features and prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) with distant metastases are still rarely reported. Thus, the main purpose of our study was to investigate the metastasis patterns of different histological types of NPC and to clarify the prognostic characteristics of metastases at different sites. Patients were enrolled from the SEER program from 2010 to 2016. Chi-squared tests were used to compare features between groups. The tendency to develop combined metastases was assessed with the odds ratio. The Kaplan-Meier method was used for the survival analysis. Univariate and multivariate Cox analyses were used to select the independent prognostic risk factors for inclusion in the nomogram. In the present study, we found the following: (1) tumors are highly likely to met

SUBMITTER: Qu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7476823 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature