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A tool for predicting overall survival in patients with Ewing sarcoma: a multicenter retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to establish and validate a clinical prediction model for assessing the risk of metastasis and patient survival in Ewing's sarcoma (ES).

Methods

Patients diagnosed with ES from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database for the period 2010-2016 were extracted, and the data after exclusion of vacant terms was used as the training set (n=767). Prediction models predicting patients' overall survival (OS) at 1 and 3 years were created by cox regression analysis and visualized using Nomogram and web calculator. Multicenter data from four medical institutions were used as the validation set (n=51), and the model consistency was verified using calibration plots, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) verified the predictive ability of the model. Finally, a clinical decision curve was used to demonstrate the clinical utility of the model.

Results

The results of multivariate cox regression showed that age, , bone metastasis, tumor size, and chemotherapy were independent prognostic factors of ES patients. Internal and external validation results: calibration plots showed that the model had a good agreement for patient survival at 1 and 3 years; ROC showed that it possessed a good predictive ability and clinical decision curve proved that it possessed good clinical utility.

Conclusions

The tool built in this paper to predict 1- and 3-year survival in ES patients ( https://drwenleli0910.shinyapps.io/EwingApp/ ) has a good identification and predictive power.

SUBMITTER: Li W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9400324 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A tool for predicting overall survival in patients with Ewing sarcoma: a multicenter retrospective study.

Li Wenle W Dong Shengtao S Lin Yuewei Y Wu Huitao H Chen Mengfei M Qin Chuan C Li Kelin K Zhang JunYan J Tang Zhi-Ri ZR Wang Haosheng H Huo Kang K Xie Xiangtao X Hu Zhaohui Z Kuang Sirui S Yin Chengliang C

BMC cancer 20220823 1

<h4>Objective</h4>The aim of this study was to establish and validate a clinical prediction model for assessing the risk of metastasis and patient survival in Ewing's sarcoma (ES).<h4>Methods</h4>Patients diagnosed with ES from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database for the period 2010-2016 were extracted, and the data after exclusion of vacant terms was used as the training set (n=767). Prediction models predicting patients' overall survival (OS) at 1 and 3 years were cr ...[more]

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