Tang et al reported a nomogram for predicting survival of a patient with a neuroendocrine tumor of the thymus. The authors are from Qingdao University in China.
Patient selection: neuroendocrine tumor of the thymus
Parameters:
(1) chemotherapy
(2) surgery
(3) T status
(4) grade
Parameter
Finding
Points
chemotherapy
no
0
yes
5
surgery
yes
0
no
6.5
T status
Tx
0.6
T1
0
T2
4.8
T3
5.1
T4
10
grade/differentiation
well
0
intermediate/moderate
3
poor
2
unknown
9
where:
• Not sure how a tumor with unknown grade has a much greater risk than a poorly differentiated tumor.