Identifying the Risk Factors and Estimating the Prognosis in Patients with Pelvis and Spine Ewing Sarcoma: A Population-Based Study

• Published in: Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) Pa. 1976), 2021-10, Vol.46 (19), p.1315-1325
• Main Authors: Jiang, Runyi, He, Shaohui, Sun, Haitao, Gong, Haiyi, Yang, Xinghai, Cai, Xiaopan, Wei, Haifeng, Xiao, Jianru
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0362-2436; 1528-1159
• DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000004022

STUDY DESIGNRetrospective analysis. OBJECTIVEThe study was designed to: (1) figure out risk factors of metastasis; (2) explore prognostic factors and develop a nomogram for pelvis and spine Ewing sarcoma (PSES). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATATools to predict survival of PSES are still insufficient. Nomogram has been widely developed in clinical oncology. Moreover, risk factors of PSES metastasis are still unclear. METHODSThe data were collected and analyzed from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. The optimal cutoff values of continuous variables were identified by X-tile software. The prognostic factors of survival were performed by Kaplan-Meier method and multivariate Cox proportional hazards modeling. Nomograms were further constructed for estimating 3- and 5-year cancer-specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS) by using R with rms package. Meanwhile, Pearson χ2 test or Fisher exact test, and logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the risk factors for the metastasis of PSES. RESULTSA total of 371 patients were included in this study. The 3- and 5-year CSS and OS rate were 65.8 ± 2.6%, 55.2 ± 2.9% and 64.3 ± 2.6%, 54.1 ± 2.8%, respectively. The year of diagnosis, tumor size, and lymph node invasion were associated with metastasis of patients with PSES. A nomogram was developed based on identified factors including: age, tumor extent, tumor size, and primary site surgery. The concordance index (C-index) of CSS and OS were 0.680 and 0.679, respectively. The calibration plot showed the similar trend of 3-year, 5-year CSS, and OS of PSES patients between nomogram-based prediction and actual observation, respectively. CONCLUSIONPSES patients with earlier diagnostic year (before 2010), larger tumor size (>59 mm), and lymph node invasion, are more likely to have metastasis. We developed a nomogram based on age, tumor extent, tumor size, and surgical treatments for determining the prognosis for patients with PSES, while more external patient cohorts are warranted for validation.Level of Evidence: 3.