Vaibhav Gupta1, Natalie Coburn1, Biniam Kidane2, Kenneth R Hess3, Carolyn Compton4, Jolie Ringash5, Gail Darling6, Alyson L Mahar7. 1. Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2. Section of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 3. Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tex. 4. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz. 5. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 6. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 7. Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Electronic address: alyson_mahar@cpe.umanitoba.ca.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Clinical, pathological, and molecular information combined with cancer stage in prognostication algorithms can offer more personalized estimates of survival, which might guide treatment choices. Our aim was to evaluate the quality of prognostication tools in esophageal cancer. METHODS: We systematically searched MedLine and Embase from 2005 to 2017 for studies reporting development or validation of models predicting long-term survival in esophageal cancer. We evaluated tools using the Critical Appraisal and Data Extraction for Systematic Reviews of Prediction Modelling Studies guidelines and the American Joint Committee on Cancer acceptance criteria for risk models. RESULTS: We identified 16 prognostication tools for patients treated with curative intent and 1 for patients with metastatic disease. These tools frequently excluded adenocarcinoma, contained outdated data, and were developed with a limited sample size. Nine tools were developed in China for squamous cell cancer, and 11 used data on patients diagnosed before 2010. Most tools excluded key prognostic factors such as age and sex. Tumor stage and grade were the most commonly, but not universally, included factors. Twelve tools were designed to predict overall survival; 5 predicted cancer-specific survival. Bootstrap internal validation was performed for most tools; c-statistics ranged from 0.63 to 0.77 and graphically evaluated calibration was "good." Five tools were externally validated; c-statistics ranged from 0.70 to 0.77. CONCLUSIONS: Existing tools cannot be confidently used for esophageal cancer prognostication in current clinical practice. Better-quality tools might help to more individually and accurately estimate disease course, select further treatments, and risk-stratify for future clinical trials.
BACKGROUND: Clinical, pathological, and molecular information combined with cancer stage in prognostication algorithms can offer more personalized estimates of survival, which might guide treatment choices. Our aim was to evaluate the quality of prognostication tools in esophageal cancer. METHODS: We systematically searched MedLine and Embase from 2005 to 2017 for studies reporting development or validation of models predicting long-term survival in esophageal cancer. We evaluated tools using the Critical Appraisal and Data Extraction for Systematic Reviews of Prediction Modelling Studies guidelines and the American Joint Committee on Cancer acceptance criteria for risk models. RESULTS: We identified 16 prognostication tools for patients treated with curative intent and 1 for patients with metastatic disease. These tools frequently excluded adenocarcinoma, contained outdated data, and were developed with a limited sample size. Nine tools were developed in China for squamous cell cancer, and 11 used data on patients diagnosed before 2010. Most tools excluded key prognostic factors such as age and sex. Tumor stage and grade were the most commonly, but not universally, included factors. Twelve tools were designed to predict overall survival; 5 predicted cancer-specific survival. Bootstrap internal validation was performed for most tools; c-statistics ranged from 0.63 to 0.77 and graphically evaluated calibration was "good." Five tools were externally validated; c-statistics ranged from 0.70 to 0.77. CONCLUSIONS: Existing tools cannot be confidently used for esophageal cancer prognostication in current clinical practice. Better-quality tools might help to more individually and accurately estimate disease course, select further treatments, and risk-stratify for future clinical trials.
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