Lung Metastases in Newly Diagnosed Esophageal Cancer: A Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Esophageal cancer is one of the most common cancer types, with its most common distant metastatic site being the lung. Currently, population-based data regarding the proportion and prognosis of patients with esophageal cancer with lung metastases (ECLM) at the time of diagnosis is insufficient. Therefore, we aimed to determine the proportion of patients with ECLM at diagnosis, as well as to investigate the prognostic parameters of ECLM.

Methods

This population-based observational study obtained data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database registered between 2010 and 2016. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify predictors of the presence of ECLM at diagnosis. Multivariable Cox regression and competing risk analysis

SUBMITTER: Guo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7947855 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature