Table 1 Summary of demographics and clinical information of the patients included in the study.

From: Low expression of pro-apoptotic proteins Bax, Bak and Smac indicates prolonged progression-free survival in chemotherapy-treated metastatic melanoma

Characteristics

Gender

Value

%

 Male

30

51.7

 Female

28

48.3

Age at surgery (years)

Value

%

 < 65

44

75.9

 ≥ 65 and < 75

8

13.8

 > 75

6

10.3

Metastatic melanoma location

Value

%

 Distant skin site

10

17.2

 Distant organ

17

29.3

 Distant lymph node

28

48.3

 Distant subcutaneous site

3

5.2

Metastasis stage

Value

%

 M1a

8

13.8

 M1b

8

13.8

 M1c

42

72.4

Primary melanoma type

Value

%

 Cutaneous

46

79.3

 Mucosal

1

1.7

 Ocular

2

3.4

 Unknown

9

15.5

Treatment

Value

%

 Dacarbazine

3

5.2

 Dacarbazine, Cisplatin

54

93.1

 Dacarbazine, Carboplatin

1

1.7

Overall survival

t0=sample collection

t0=chemotherapy start

 Median (range) in months

19 (2–126)

11 (0–87)

Progression-free survival

t0=sample collection

t0=chemotherapy start

 Median (range) in months

10 (1–100)

4 (0–83)