The development of a nomogram and the prognostic prediction value of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma undergoing radical radiotherapy

AIM: This study aimed to explore the role of the developed nomogram in the prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). METHODS: A total of 181 ESCC patients were randomly divided into a training cohort (n = 141) and a validation cohort (n = 40). Significant factors impacting overall survival (OS) were identified in the training set and integrated into the nomogram based on Cox proportional hazards regression. RESULTS: In the training cohort, the median OS in the high group (≥222) was 49.9 months and the median OS in the low group (<222) was 14.4 months. Multivariate analysis revealed that age, Karnofsky performance status score, tumor stage, chemotherapy, BMI, cervical esophageal carcinoma index and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio were predictors of OS. CONCLUSION: The developed nomogram can effectively predict the survival prognosis of ESCC patients.