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1Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
2Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
3Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
4Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gazi University School of Medicine, Besevler, 06500, Ankara, Turkey.
5Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gazi University School of Medicine, Besevler, 06500, Ankara, Turkey.
6Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Währingergürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
7Robotic Multidisciplinary Center for Surgery-Robotic and Minimally Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
8Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
9Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
10Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
11Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
12Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Institute of Oncology and Semmelweis University, Ráth György utca 7-9, H-1122, Budapest, Hungary.
13Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Institute of Oncology and Semmelweis University, Ráth György utca 7-9, H-1122, Budapest, Hungary.
14Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
15Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
16Department of Pathology, National Institute of Oncology, Ráth György utca 7-9, H-1122, Budapest, Hungary.
17Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
18Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria. balazs.hegedus@meduniwien.ac.at.
19Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Institute of Oncology and Semmelweis University, Ráth György utca 7-9, H-1122, Budapest, Hungary.
20Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria. gyoergy.lang@meduniwien.ac.at.
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Abstract
Intrathoracic solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare disease. Radical resection is the standard of care. However, estimating prognosis and planning follow-up and treatment strategies remains challenging. Data were retrospectively collected by five international centers to explore outcome and biomarkers for predicting event-free-survival (EFS). 125 histological proven SFT patients (74 female; 59.2%; 104 benign; 83.2%) were analyzed. The one-, three-, five- and ten-year EFS after curative-intent surgery was 98%, 90%, 77% and 67%, respectively. Patients age (≥59 vs. <59 years hazard ratio (HR) 4.23, 95 confidence interval (CI) 1.56-11.47, p = 0.005), tumor-dignity (malignant vs. benign HR 6.98, CI 3.01-16.20, p <0.001), tumor-size (>10 cm vs. ≤10 cm HR 2.53, CI 1.10-5.83, p = 0.030), de Perrot staging (late vs. early HR 3.85, CI 1.65-8.98, p = 0.002) and resection margins (positive vs. negative HR 4.17, CI 1.15-15.17, p = 0,030) were associated with EFS. Furthermore, fibrinogen (elevated vs. normal HR 4.00, CI 1.49-10.72, p = 0.006) and the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte-ratio (NLR > 5 vs. < 5 HR 3.91, CI 1.40-10.89, p = 0.009) were prognostic after univariate analyses. After multivariate analyses tumor-dignity and fibrinogen remained as independent prognosticators. Besides validating the role of age, tumor-dignity, tumor-size, stage and resection margins, we identified for the first time inflammatory markers as prognosticators in SFT.
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