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Table 2 Disease-specific survival according to demographic and clinical characteristics (proportion surviving)

From: Skeletal Plasmacytoma: Progression of disease and impact of local treatment; an analysis of SEER database

  

5-Year Survival

10-Year Survival

p-value

Overall

 

0.57

0.37

n/a

Age

    
 

0-29

0.9

0.9

 
 

30-59

0.8

0.63

 
 

>60

0.45

0.23

<0.001*

Gender

    
 

Male

0.59

0.4

0.008

 

Female

0.54

0.32

 

Race

    
 

White

0.56

0.36

 
 

Black

0.56

0.37

 
 

Other

0.76

0.64

0.001**

Ethnicity

    
 

Hispanic

0.65

0.47

0.152

 

Non-Hispanic

0.56

0.36

 

Stage

    
 

Local

0.54

0.38

n/a

Lesion

    
 

Single

0.59

0.39

0.032***

 

Two

0.53

0.36

 
 

> Two

0.36

0.15

 

Location

    
 

Bone NOS

n/a

n/a

 
 

Appendicular

0.52

0.33

 
 

Axial

0.58

0.39

0.240****

Surgery

    
 

Yes

0.59

0.4

0.286

 

No

0.56

0.36

 

Radiation

    
 

Yes

0.6

0.39

<0.001

 

No

0.46

0.31

 

Year of Diagnosis

    
 

1973-1975

1

1

 
 

1976-1985

0.63

0.44

 
 

1986-1995

0.52

0.32

0.072*****

 

1996-2005

0.59

0.42

 
  1. P value shown for Log rank test between variables; *p < 0.001 for age 0-29 vs. >60 and. 30-59 vs. >60, 30-59 vs. 0-29: p = 0.158; **p = 0.001 for White vs. Other only, White vs. Black: p = 0.932, and Black vs. Other: p = 0.006; ***p = 0.032 for Single vs. >Two only, Single vs. Two: p = 0.275, Two vs. > Two only: p = 0.182; ****p = 0.240 for Appendicular vs. Axial only, Bone NOS vs. Appendicular: p < 0.001, Bone NOS vs. Axial: p < 0.001; *****p < 0.072 for 1973-1975 vs. 1986-1995 only, 1973-1975 vs. 1976-1985: p = 0.125, 1973-1975 vs. 1996-2005: p = 0.109, 1976-1985 vs. 1986-1995: p = 0.486, 1976-1985 vs. 1996-2005: p = 0.365, 1986-1995 vs. 1996-2005: p = 0.194.