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ArticleCancer medicine2023

Derivation and validation of a risk classification tree for patients with synovial sarcoma.

Dylan V Neel, Clement Ma, Natalie B Collins, Jason L Hornick, George D Demetri, David S Shulman

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Dylan V NeelHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6964-9842
Clement MaCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Natalie B CollinsDana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jason L HornickDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
George D DemetriHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
David S ShulmanDana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5994-2604

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Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM144273 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI David Shumway Jones, Jacqueline A. Lees · 2022 to 2026
$14.7M
Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR002542 · NCATS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI BREDELLA, MIRIAM ANTOINETTE, RUTKOVE, SEWARD B. · 2018 to 2022
$8.7M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR002542NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM144273
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Abstract

backgroundSynovial sarcoma (SS) accounts for 8%-10% of all soft-tissue sarcomas. Clinical presentation and outcomes vary, yet discrete risk groups based on validated prognostic indices are not defined for the full spectrum of patients with SS.

methodsWe performed a retrospective cohort study using data from the SEER (surveillance, epidemiology, and end results program) database of SS patients who were <70 years of age at diagnosis. We constructed a recursive partitioning model of overall survival using a training cohort of 1063 patients with variables: Age at diagnosis, sex, race, ethnicity, primary site, tumor size, tumor grade, and stage. Based on this model, we grouped patients into three risk groups and estimated 5-year overall survival for each group. We then applied these groups to a test cohort (n = 1063).

resultsOur model identified three prognostic groups with significantly different overall survival: low risk (local/regional stage with either <21 years of age OR tumor <7.5 cm and female sex), intermediate-risk (local/regional stage, age ≥ 21 years with either male sex and tumor <7.5 cm OR any sex with appendicular anatomic location) and high risk (local/regional stage, age ≥ 21 years, tumor size ≥7.5 cm and non-appendicular location OR distant stage). Prognostic groups were applied to the test cohort, showing significantly different survival between groups (p < 0.0001).

conclusionsOur analysis yields an intuitive risk-classification tree with discrete groups, which may provide useful information for researchers, patients, and clinicians. Prospective validation of this model may inform efforts at risk-stratifying treatment.

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SarcomaSarcoma, SynovialAdultHumansPrognosisRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSEER ProgramYoung Adultoncologyprognostic factorsrisk-stratificationsynovial sarcoma

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PMID35670308
PMCPMC9844650

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