Prognostic Nomogram and Competing Risk Analysis of Death for Primary Thyroid Lymphoma: A Long-term Survival Study of 1638 Patients.

ABSTRACT: Primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) is such a rare malignancy that there are no large-scale prognostic proofs to create a consensus on optimal management. This study aimed to determine the survival outcomes of PTL and specify associated factors by building a prognostic nomogram and to analyze competing risks of death to balance the hazards and benefits of different therapeutic approaches.

Method

A total of 1638 PTL patients from 2000 to 2018 were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Cox proportional hazard regression and competing risk analysis were applied.

Results

We have identified through Cox analysis that age in years, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) pathology, lymph node dissection, radiation, and chemotherapy were independen

SUBMITTER: Zhang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9780050 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature