External validation of the MSKCC nomogram to estimate five-year overall survival after surgery for stage I–III colon cancer in a Dutch population

Introduction: The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre (MSKCC) nomogram has been developed to estimate five-year overall survival (OS) after curative-intent surgery of colon cancer based on age, sex, T stage, differentiation grade, number of positive and examined regional lymph nodes. This is the first evaluation of the performance of the MSKCC model in a European population regarding prediction of OS. Material and methods: Population-based data from patients with stage I–III colon cancer diagnosed between 2010 and 2016 were obtained from the Netherlands Cancer Registry (NCR) for external va... Mehr ...