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Multicenter Study
. 2015 Jul;29(7):1571-7.
doi: 10.1038/leu.2015.44. Epub 2015 Feb 20.

Prognostic nomogram for overall survival in previously untreated patients with extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal-type: a multicenter study

Y Yang  1 , Y-J Zhang  2 , Y Zhu  3 , J-Z Cao  4 , Z-Y Yuan  5 , L-M Xu  5 , J-X Wu  6 , W Wang  6 , T Wu  7 , B Lu  7 , S-Y Zhu  8 , L-T Qian  9 , F-Q Zhang  10 , X-R Hou  10 , Q-F Liu  1 , Y-X Li  1
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Prognostic nomogram for overall survival in previously untreated patients with extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal-type: a multicenter study

Y Yang et al. Leukemia. 2015 Jul.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to develop a widely accepted prognostic nomogram for extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal-type (NKTCL). The clinical data from 1383 patients with NKTCL treated at 10 participating institutions between 2000 and 2011 were reviewed. A nomogram was developed that predicted overall survival (OS) based on the Cox proportional hazards model. To contrast the utility of the nomogram against the widely used Ann Arbor staging system, the International Prognostic Index (IPI) and the Korean Prognostic Index (KPI), we used the concordance index (C-index) and a calibration curve to determine its predictive and discriminatory capacity. The 5-year OS rate was 60.3% for the entire group. The nomogram included five important variables based on a multivariate analysis of the primary cohort: stage; age; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; lactate dehydrogenase; and primary tumor invasion. The calibration curve showed that the nomogram was able to predict 5-year OS accurately. The C-index of the nomogram for OS prediction was 0.72 for both cohorts, which was superior to the predictive power (range, 0.56-0.64) of the Ann Arbor stage, IPI and KPI in the primary and validation cohorts. The proposed nomogram provides an individualized risk estimate of OS in patients with NKTCL.

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