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ArticleJCO global oncology2022

Regression Derived Staging Model to Predict Overall and Disease Specific Survival in Patients With Major Salivary Gland Carcinomas With Independent External Validation.

Natarajan Ramalingam, Shivakumar Thiagarajan, Nithyanand Chidambaranathan, Arjun Gurmeet Singh, Devendra Chaukar, Pankaj Chaturvedi

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Natarajan RamalingamDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre and HBNI, Mumbai, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3162-4778
Shivakumar ThiagarajanDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre and HBNI, Mumbai, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1957-3338
Nithyanand ChidambaranathanDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre and HBNI, Mumbai, India.
Arjun Gurmeet SinghDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre and HBNI, Mumbai, India.
Devendra ChaukarDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre and HBNI, Mumbai, India.ORCID 0000-0001-6309-9536
Pankaj ChaturvediDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre and HBNI, Mumbai, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3520-1342
Tata Memorial Hospital · IN

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Abstract

purposeThe current American Joint Cancer Committee (AJCC) staging system for salivary gland tumors does not include histology and grade in its classification despite their proven prognostic importance. We planned to analyze if a modified staging system integrating these two factors into the staging improves prognostic performance and then validate it externally. MATERIALS AND

methodsFrom SEER database (2000-2018), patients with major salivary gland carcinoma who underwent surgical resection between 2004 and 2015 were analyzed. Histologies were recoded into two groups based on grade and type of histology into "Low Aggression" and "High aggression" groups. Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify predictor variables for overall survival and disease-specific survival and models were generated based on least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression. Model performance was evaluated by Akaike Information Criterion, concordance index and calibration plot. The best model chosen was externally validated from our hospital database of patients who underwent surgery for salivary gland tumor between January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2019.

resultsSix thousand two hundred forty-six patients were analyzed with a median follow up of 58 months. Age > 65 years, male sex, metastatic disease, Histological Stratification, Grade of tumor, AJCC stage and Primary Site were the significant factors influencing overall survival and disease-specific survival. By least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression method, Correlation analysis and Interaction testing by multiple regression, AJCC stage and Histological Risk stratification were used for generating four models, out of which the best model was selected by Akaike Information Criterion, C index and calibration plot. This model was then externally validated in our hospital database of 269 patients.

conclusionWe propose an externally validated modified salivary gland staging system that incorporates histology and grade of tumor for improved hazard discrimination among patient subgroups.

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CarcinomaSalivary Gland NeoplasmsAgedHumansMaleNeoplasm StagingPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsUnited States

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