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Trial reportBMC urology2023

Nomograms for predicting survival in patients with micropapillary bladder cancer: a real-world analysis based on the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database and external validation in a tertiary center.

Peng Liu, Lei Xu, Guanghao Chen, Benkang Shi, Qiujie Zhang, Shouzhen Chen

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Trial report in BMC urology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Peng LiuQilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Lei XuQilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Guanghao ChenQilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Benkang ShiQilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Qiujie ZhangDepartment of Geriatrics, Qilu Hospital, College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China. 18560082552@163.com.
Shouzhen ChenQilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China. chenshouzhen@email.sdu.edu.cn.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81970661Shandong Medical and Health Science and Technology Development Plan Project 2018WS333Taishan Scholar Foundation of Shandong Province ts201511092
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe present study aimed to construct and validate nomograms that can be used to predict cancer-specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with micropapillary bladder cancer.

methodsThe data of 627 patients diagnosed with micropapillary bladder cancer between 2000 and 2018 were obtained from the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database. Patients were randomly divided into the training and internal validation sets (7:3). The Cox proportional hazards regression model was applied to evaluate the association between variables and survival and then nomograms were constructed to predict the survival of an individual patient. The performance of nomograms was validated by using calibration curves, concordance index, receiver operating characteristic curves with the calculated area under the curve and decision curve analysis in the training and internal validation set. Data from 41 micropapillary bladder cancer patients at Qilu Hospital of Shandong University from 2000 to 2022 were collected for external validation.

resultsSeveral independent risk factors were taken into the two nomograms (CSS and OS), including age, marital status, AJCC TMN stage, surgical approach, lymph node ratio, and tumor size while the OS nomogram additionally contained race. The concordance index of the training set, internal validation set, and external verification set were all over 0.7. The calibration curve indicated good consistence between the nomogram prediction and actual survival. Area under the curve and decision curve analysis results indicated great clinical usefulness of nomograms.

conclusionsThe nomograms predicting the survival outcome of patients with micropapillary bladder cancer would provide a valuable tool to help clinicians to evaluate the risk of patients and make individual treatment strategies.

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NomogramsUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsHumansNeoplasm StagingPrognosisSEER ProgramMicropapillary bladder cancerNomogramPrognosisSurvival analysis

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PMID36782165
PMCPMC9926703

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