Prognostic factors for survival in patients with Ewings sarcoma using the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) program database》.pdfVIP

Cancer Epidemiology 39 (2015) 189–195 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Cancer Epidemiology The International Journal of Cancer Epidemiology, Detection, and Prevention jou r nal h o mep age: w ww.c an cer ep idem io logy.n et Prognostic factors for survival in patients with Ewing’s sarcoma using the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) program database Kyle R. Duchman, Yubo Gao, Benjamin J. Miller * Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, 01015 JPP, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Background: The current study aims to determine cause-specific survival in patients with Ewing’s Received 15 September 2014 sarcoma while reporting clinical risk factors for survival. Received in revised form 22 December 2014 Methods: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program database was used to identify Accepted 26 December 2014 patients with osseous Ewing’s sarcoma from 1991 to 2010. Patient, tumor, and socioeconomic variables Available online 13 January 2015 were analyzed to determine prognostic factors for survival. Results: There were 1163 patients with Ewing’s sarcoma identified in the SEER Program database. The Keywords: 10-year cause-specific survival for patients with non-metastatic disease at diag