From:  Prognostic trends of malignant cardiac tumors: insights from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry

 Statistically significant results in an explorative multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression model.

CohortPredictorHazard ratio (95 % CI)p-value
All tumors (n = 730)Age—middle (45–64 years; n = 413) vs elderly (≥ 65 years; n = 256)0.69 (0.50–0.95)0.019
Age—youth (< 45 years; n = 61) vs elderly (≥ 65 years; n = 256)0.52 (0.35–0.78)0.003
Brain metastases (yes; n = 14 vs no; n = 343)2.04 (1.01–4.11)0.047
Lung metastases (yes; n = 54 vs no; n = 306)1.89 (1.15–3.10)0.011
Prognosis I (n = 366)Tumor size (per mm)1.01 (1.00–1.02)0.031
Age—middle (45–64 years; n = 250) vs elderly (≥ 65 years; n = 85)0.56 (0.37–0.83)0.005
Age—youth (< 45 years; n = 31) vs elderly (≥ 65 years; n = 85)0.49 (0.32–0.75)0.004
Surgery—local tumour excision (n = 44)0.63 (0.40–1.00)0.050
Surgery—partial resection (n = 57)0.44 (0.23–0.82)0.021
Prognosis II (n = 356)Age—middle (45–64 years; n = 157) vs elderly (≥ 65 years; n = 169)0.59 (0.42–0.83)0.003
Age—youth (< 45 years; n = 30) vs elderly (≥ 65 years; n = 169)0.52 (0.34–0.80)0.004
Surgery—excisional biopsy (n = 48)0.50 (0.25–0.99)0.049
Surgery—unknown or death (n = 2)1.54 (1.15–2.07)0.004
Brain metastases (yes; n = 4 vs no; n = 135)2.43 (1.16–5.09)0.017
Lung metastases (yes; n = 8 vs no; n = 131)1.93 (1.17–3.18)0.010
Hematological (n = 212)Age—middle (45–64 years; n = 72) vs elderly (≥ 65 years; n = 134)0.30 (0.17–0.55)0.001
Age—youth (< 45 years; n = 6) vs elderly (≥ 65 years; n = 134)0.13 (0.04–0.38)0.000
Race—NHAPI (n = 29) vs others (n = 183)0.41 (0.18–0.90)0.026
Race—Hispanic (n = 33) vs non-Hispanic (n = 179)0.38 (0.17–0.85)0.020
Surgery—excisional biopsy (n = 10)0.44 (0.20–0.97)0.047
Surgery—unknown/death (n = 3)2.18 (1.26–3.78)0.006
Soft tissue (n = 458)Tumor size (per mm)1.02 (1.00–1.03)0.017
Age—middle (45–64 years; n = 311) vs elderly (≥ 65 years; n = 99)0.46 (0.33–0.65)0.000
Age—youth (< 45 years; n = 48) vs elderly (≥ 65 years; n = 99)0.30 (0.20–0.44)0.000
Surgery—enucleation (n = 14)0.39 (0.20–0.77)0.003
Surgery—excisional biopsy (n = 83)0.36 (0.20–0.65)0.001
Surgery—local tumour excision (n = 54)0.35 (0.23–0.53)0.000
Surgery—partial resection (n = 90)0.44 (0.27–0.71)0.000
Other (n = 53)Race—NHAPI (n = 5) vs others (n = 48)0.12 (0.03–0.52)0.004
Race—Hispanic (n = 8) vs non-Hispanic (n = 45)0.17 (0.04–0.65)0.009
Surgery—partial resection (n = 4)0.37 (0.18–0.76)0.007
Income—upper quartile (n = 41)1.73 (1.09–2.75)0.022

NHAPI: Non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander.