Clinicopathologic features, outcomes, and prognostic factors of testicular sarcoma : a population-based study

PURPOSE: To describe clinical characteristics and identify prognostic factors among men with testicular sarcoma, and to compare survival with other testicular cancers.

METHODS: The surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) database (1975-2016) was queried to identify adults with testicular sarcoma. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards, Fine and Gray competing-risks regression, propensity score matching, and Kaplan-Meier analyses were used.

RESULTS: 230 men were included in this study. Median age at diagnosis was 58 years (range 18-94), and median OS was 10.3 years. Patients with tumors larger than 8 cm in size had worse OS (HR 1.88, p = 0.016) compared to patients with tumors < 8 cm. Disease with distant metastasis was associated with worse OS (HR 4.70, p < 0.0001) and worse CSS (HR 11.41, p < 0.0001) as compared to disease localized to the testis. Men with rhabdomyosarcoma had worse CSS (HR 3.25, p = 0.03) as compared to men with liposarcoma. Testicular sarcoma patients had worse OS than matched patients with either seminomatous germ cell tumors (GCTs, p < 0.0001) or nonseminomatous GCTs (p = 0.0019), and similar survival to matched patients with sex cord stromal tumors, testicular lymphoma, or sarcomas of the lower limb-the most common anatomic site of origin of soft tissue sarcomas.

CONCLUSIONS: In the largest cohort of men with testicular sarcoma to date, we identified tumor size, disease extent, and rhabdomyosarcoma histology as independent predictors of worse survival. Stage-adjusted survival was worse as compared to men with GCTs, and similar to men with sex cord stromal tumors, testicular lymphoma, and sarcomas of other primary sites.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

International urology and nephrology - 53(2021), 2 vom: 07. Feb., Seite 257-267

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bhambhvani, Hriday P [VerfasserIn]
Greenberg, Daniel R [VerfasserIn]
Kasman, Alex M [VerfasserIn]
Eisenberg, Michael L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Comparative Study
Intratesticular
Journal Article
Neoplasia
Paratesticular
Sarcomatoid
Spermatic

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Date Completed 15.07.2021

Date Revised 15.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11255-020-02634-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314685693