No prognostic value added by vitamin D pathway SNPs to current prognostic system for melanoma survival.

The prognostic improvement attributed to genetic markers over current prognostic system has not been well studied for melanoma. The goal of this study is to evaluate the added prognostic value of Vitamin D Pathway (VitD) SNPs to currently known clinical and demographic factors such as age, sex, Bres...

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Main Authors: Li Luo, Irene Orlow, Peter A Kanetsky, Nancy E Thomas, Shenying Fang, Jeffrey E Lee, Marianne Berwick, Ji-Hyun Lee, GEM Study Group
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174234
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author Li Luo
Irene Orlow
Peter A Kanetsky
Nancy E Thomas
Shenying Fang
Jeffrey E Lee
Marianne Berwick
Ji-Hyun Lee
GEM Study Group
author_facet Li Luo
Irene Orlow
Peter A Kanetsky
Nancy E Thomas
Shenying Fang
Jeffrey E Lee
Marianne Berwick
Ji-Hyun Lee
GEM Study Group
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description The prognostic improvement attributed to genetic markers over current prognostic system has not been well studied for melanoma. The goal of this study is to evaluate the added prognostic value of Vitamin D Pathway (VitD) SNPs to currently known clinical and demographic factors such as age, sex, Breslow thickness, mitosis and ulceration (CDF). We utilized two large independent well-characterized melanoma studies: the Genes, Environment, and Melanoma (GEM) and MD Anderson studies, and performed variable selection of VitD pathway SNPs and CDF using Random Survival Forest (RSF) method in addition to Cox proportional hazards models. The Harrell's C-index was used to compare the performance of model predictability. The population-based GEM study enrolled 3,578 incident cases of cutaneous melanoma (CM), and the hospital-based MD Anderson study consisted of 1,804 CM patients. Including both VitD SNPs and CDF yielded C-index of 0.85, which provided slight but not significant improvement by CDF alone (C-index = 0.83) in the GEM study. Similar results were observed in the independent MD Anderson study (C-index = 0.84 and 0.83, respectively). The Cox model identified no significant associations after adjusting for multiplicity. Our results do not support clinically significant prognostic improvements attributable to VitD pathway SNPs over current prognostic system for melanoma survival.
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spelling doaj-art-0a48a4e45a394d1dbce3b441b33ba3302025-08-20T03:26:34ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01123e017423410.1371/journal.pone.0174234No prognostic value added by vitamin D pathway SNPs to current prognostic system for melanoma survival.Li LuoIrene OrlowPeter A KanetskyNancy E ThomasShenying FangJeffrey E LeeMarianne BerwickJi-Hyun LeeGEM Study GroupThe prognostic improvement attributed to genetic markers over current prognostic system has not been well studied for melanoma. The goal of this study is to evaluate the added prognostic value of Vitamin D Pathway (VitD) SNPs to currently known clinical and demographic factors such as age, sex, Breslow thickness, mitosis and ulceration (CDF). We utilized two large independent well-characterized melanoma studies: the Genes, Environment, and Melanoma (GEM) and MD Anderson studies, and performed variable selection of VitD pathway SNPs and CDF using Random Survival Forest (RSF) method in addition to Cox proportional hazards models. The Harrell's C-index was used to compare the performance of model predictability. The population-based GEM study enrolled 3,578 incident cases of cutaneous melanoma (CM), and the hospital-based MD Anderson study consisted of 1,804 CM patients. Including both VitD SNPs and CDF yielded C-index of 0.85, which provided slight but not significant improvement by CDF alone (C-index = 0.83) in the GEM study. Similar results were observed in the independent MD Anderson study (C-index = 0.84 and 0.83, respectively). The Cox model identified no significant associations after adjusting for multiplicity. Our results do not support clinically significant prognostic improvements attributable to VitD pathway SNPs over current prognostic system for melanoma survival.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174234
spellingShingle Li Luo
Irene Orlow
Peter A Kanetsky
Nancy E Thomas
Shenying Fang
Jeffrey E Lee
Marianne Berwick
Ji-Hyun Lee
GEM Study Group
No prognostic value added by vitamin D pathway SNPs to current prognostic system for melanoma survival.
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title No prognostic value added by vitamin D pathway SNPs to current prognostic system for melanoma survival.
title_full No prognostic value added by vitamin D pathway SNPs to current prognostic system for melanoma survival.
title_fullStr No prognostic value added by vitamin D pathway SNPs to current prognostic system for melanoma survival.
title_full_unstemmed No prognostic value added by vitamin D pathway SNPs to current prognostic system for melanoma survival.
title_short No prognostic value added by vitamin D pathway SNPs to current prognostic system for melanoma survival.
title_sort no prognostic value added by vitamin d pathway snps to current prognostic system for melanoma survival
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174234
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