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Prognostic effect of factors involved in revised Tokuhashi score system for patients with spinal metastases: a systematic review and Meta-analysis.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Cancer patients' survival time has obviously improved, with the development of systemic treatment techniques. However, the probability of metastases to the vertebrae has also been increased which makes some adverse effects on patients' quality of life. The prediction of survival plays a key role in choosing therapeutic modality, and Tokuhashi Score was established as one of the most commonly used predictive systems for spinal metastases. Thus, this study was conducted to identify the prognostic effect of factors involved in revised Tokuhashi Score (RTS). METHODS:Two investigators independently retrieved relevant literature on platforms of PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library. We identified eligible studies through title/abstract and full-text perusing. Data was extracted including general information of studies, participants' characteristics, therapeutic modality, overall survival and prognostic effect of factors. Hazard ratio (HR) for each factor was synthesized if available through fixed- or random-effect models as appropriate. RESULTS:A total of 63 eligible studies with 10,411 participants were identified. Overall, cases with thyroid cancer had the highest survival rate, while the ones with non-small cell lung cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma lived for the shorted survival time. Performance status, bone metastasis, number of involved vertebrae, visceral metastasis, primary tumor and neurological status were regarded as significant predictors in 71.4, 40.0, 18.2, 63.4, 73.1 and 44.7% of the involved studies respectively. Thirty-eight articles were included in meta-analysis, and prognostic effects of five factors (apart from primary tumor) were analyzed. Factors were all proved to be significant except comparisons between KPS (Karnofsky Performance Status) 10-40 VS. 50-70 and single VS. multiple spinal metastases. CONCLUSION:All factors of RTS were significant on prognosis predicting and should be considered when choosing therapeutic modality for spinal metastases. What's more, we believe that more accurate prognosis may be obtained after removal of the cut-offs for KPS 10-40 VS. 50-70 and single VS. multiple involved vertebrae.

SUBMITTER: Yang XG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6293585 | biostudies-other | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Prognostic effect of factors involved in revised Tokuhashi score system for patients with spinal metastases: a systematic review and Meta-analysis.

Yang Xiong-Gang XG   Lun Deng-Xing DX   Hu Yong-Cheng YC   Liu Yong-Heng YH   Wang Feng F   Feng Jiang-Tao JT   Hua Kun-Chi KC   Yang Li L   Zhang Hao H   Xu Ming-You MY   Zhang Hao-Ran HR  

BMC cancer 20181213 1


<h4>Background</h4>Cancer patients' survival time has obviously improved, with the development of systemic treatment techniques. However, the probability of metastases to the vertebrae has also been increased which makes some adverse effects on patients' quality of life. The prediction of survival plays a key role in choosing therapeutic modality, and Tokuhashi Score was established as one of the most commonly used predictive systems for spinal metastases. Thus, this study was conducted to ident  ...[more]

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