Prognostic factors and nomogram for cancer-specific death in non small cell lung cancer with malignant pericardial effusion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prognosis of lung cancer with malignant pericardial effusion is very terrible owing to the impact of cardiac tamponade. The aim of our study seeks to identify prognostic factors and establish a prognostic nomogram of non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with malignant pericardial effusion.

Methods

NSCLC patients with malignant pericardial effusion between 2010 and 2014 are searched from SEER database.Cancer-specific death of these patients are analyzed through the Kaplan-Meier method, Cox proportional hazard model and competing risk model. Prognostic nomogram of cancer-specific death is performed and validated with concordance index (C-index), calibration plots and internal validation population. Propensity score matching is used to evaluate whether chemotherapy

SUBMITTER: Hu ZG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6521987 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature