Research Article

Establishment and Verification of Prognostic Nomograms for Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: A SEER-Based Study

Table 2

Multivariate analysis of overall survival and cancer-specific survival in the training cohort.

VariableOSCSS
HR95% CIP HR95% CIP

Age at diagnosis, years0.0200.040
 <50refref
 50-641.3931.143 to 1.7811.4771.034 to 1.735
 65-791.3091.098 to 1.8161.5681.155 to 2.199
801.7191.028 to 2.8751.6391.265 to 2.207
Gender0.0000.008
 Femalerefref
 Male1.3971.230 to 1.5851.2691.063 to 1.516
Race0.2360.401
 Whiterefref
 Black1.3800.870 to 2.1901.4850.772 to 2.857
 Others1.1550.922 to 1.4471.1530.836 to 1.589
Tumor size0.0000.000
 ⩽ 5 cmrefref
 5.1-10 cm2.5962.135 to 3.1561.6861.313 to 2.164
 > 10 cm2.3141.891 to 2.8321.6541.279 to 2.139
Location0.0010.000
 Stomachrefref
 Small intestine1.1741.017 to 1.3551.3931.141 to 1.700
 Colon/Rectum1.1150.847 to 1.4671.2820.884 to 1.861
 Others1.6791.293 to 2.1791.9201.348 to 2.734
Surgery of primary0.0000.000
 No surgery of primary tumorrefref
 Surgery of primary tumor0.3270.286 to 0.375 0.2420.201 to 0.292 

Others includes American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian/Pacific Islander; Others includes esophagus, appendix, and peritoneum.
Abbreviations: OS, overall survival; CSS, cancer-specific survival; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; ref, reference.