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ArticleEndocrine2021

Establishment and validation of a nomogram model for predicting the survival probability of differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients: a comparison with the eighth edition AJCC cancer staging system.

Ruyi Zhang, Mei Xu, Xiangxiang Liu, Miao Wang, Qiang Jia, Shen Wang, Xiangqian Zheng, Xianghui He, Chao Huang, Yaguang Fan and 4 more

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Ruyi Zhang *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Mei Xu *Department of Pediatric, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xiangxiang LiuDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Miao WangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Qiang JiaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Shen WangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xiangqian ZhengDepartment of Thyroid and Neck Tumor, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy of Tianjin City, Tianjin, China.
Xianghui HeDepartment of General Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Chao HuangHull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK.
Yaguang FanTianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Heng WuTianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Ke XuTianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China. ke_xu@hotmail.com.
Dihua LiTianjin Key Laboratory of Acute Abdomen Disease Associated Organ Injury and ITCWM Repair, Institute of Acute Abdominal Diseases, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Tianjin, China. dhli2013@163.com.
Zhaowei MengDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China. zmeng@tmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4478-878X

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purposeThis study aimed to develop a clinically predictive nomogram model to predict the survival probability of differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients and compare the value of this model with that of the eighth edition AJCC cancer staging system.

methodsWe selected 59,876 differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients diagnosed between 2004 and 2015 from the SEER database and separated those patients into a training set (70%) and a validation set (30%) randomly. We used Cox regression analysis to build the nomogram model (model 1) and the eighth edition AJCC cancer staging model (model 2). Then we compared the predictive accuracy, discrimination, and clinical usage of both models by calculating AUC (Area under the curve), C-index, as well as analyzing DCA (Decision Curve Analysis) performance respectively.

resultsAUCs of all predicted time points (12-month, 36-month, 60-month, and 120-month) of model 1 were 0.933, 0.913, 0.879, and 0.868 for the training set; 0.933, 0.926, 0.916, and 0.894 for the validation set. As for model 2, data were 0.938, 0.906, 0.866, and 0.847 for the training set; 0.924, 0.925, 0.912, and 0.867 for the validation set. C-indices of model 1 were higher than those of model 2 (0.923 vs. 0.918 for the training set, 0.938 vs. 0.930 for the validation set). DCA comparison showed that the net benefit of model 1 was bigger when comparing with that of model 2.

conclusionsModel 1 provided with both better predictive accuracy and clinical usage compared with those of model 2 and might be able to predict the survival probability of differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients visually and accurately with a higher net benefit.

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NomogramsThyroid NeoplasmsHumansNeoplasm StagingProbabilityPrognosisSEER ProgramAJCC cancer staging systemCox regression analysisDifferentiated thyroid carcinomaNomogramPrediction modelSEER database

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PMID33822318

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