Observational studyScientific reports2026
Association of surgery with survival in small cell carcinoma of the digestive system: a population-based observational study using machine learning.
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Abstract
To evaluate the association of surgery with survival outcomes in patients with small cell carcinoma of the digestive system (SCCDS) using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database and machine-learning-based analysis. Data from patients with SCCDS diagnosed between 2000 and 2018 were extracted from the SEER database. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 1600 eligible patients were included. Patients were categorized into surgery and non-surgery groups. Overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) were assessed using Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox proportional hazards models. To further reduce treatment selection bias, propensity score-based inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) was performed as a sensitivity analysis. A random forest algorithm was used to identify important prognostic factors. Subgroup analyses were conducted to explore the association between surgery and survival across different patient subsets. The surgery group (n = 400) showed better unadjusted 1-year OS (52.69% vs. 32.82%) and CSS (55.40% vs. 35.12%) than the non-surgery group (n = 1200; both P < 0.001). Multivariable Cox regression identified age, sex, tumor stage, hepatic metastasis, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgery as independent prognostic factors for OS and CSS (all P < 0.05). In IPTW analyses, surgery remained independently associated with better OS and CSS. Machine learning analysis further identified surgery, tumor stage, and hepatic metastasis as major contributors to survival prediction. Subgroup analysis suggested that the association between surgery and survival may be less evident in patients with esophageal or retroperitoneal tumors and in Asian or Pacific Islander populations. Surgery was independently associated with better OS and CSS in patients with SCCDS. However, given the retrospective design and the potential for residual confounding, these findings should be interpreted cautiously. The survival association of surgery may be less pronounced in certain subgroups, highlighting the importance of careful patient selection.
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