Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of ocular melanoma patients in the whole study cohort.
From: Clinical features and survival outcomes of ocular melanoma in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort
Characteristic | Number of cases | % |
|---|---|---|
Total | 44 | 100 |
Sex | ||
Male | 18 | 40.9 |
Female | 26 | 59.1 |
Age at diagnosis (years) | ||
> 40 | 28 | 63.6 |
≤ 40 | 16 | 36.4 |
Ethnicity | ||
Chinese | 31 | 70.5 |
Non-Chinese | 13 | 29.5 |
Performance status (ECOG score) | ||
0 | 33 | 75 |
1–3 | 11 | 25 |
History of smoking | ||
Yes | 7 | 15.9 |
No | 37 | 84.1 |
Symptoms at presentation | ||
Present | 21 | 47.7 |
Absent | 23 | 52.3 |
Tumour site | ||
Uveal | 29 | 65.9 |
Conjunctival | 15 | 34.1 |
Pigmentation | ||
High | 14 | 31.8 |
Low | 30 | 68.2 |
Histological type | ||
Epithelioid | 24 | 54.5 |
Non-epithelioid | 20 | 45.5 |
Treatment intent | ||
Curative† | 39 | 88.6 |
Palliative | 3 | 6.8 |
Unknown | 2 | 4.5 |
AJCC staging (uvea) | ||
T1N0M0 | 2 | 6.9 |
T2N0M0 | 5 | 17.2 |
T3N0M0 | 8 | 27.6 |
T4N0M0 | 6 | 20.7 |
T4N1M1 | 2 | 6.9 |
TxN0M0 | 6 | 20.7 |
AJCC staging (conjunctiva) | ||
T1N0M0 | 7 | 46.7 |
T2N0M0 | 5 | 33.3 |
T3N0M0 | 1 | 6.7 |
T4N0M0 | 1 | 6.7 |
T3N1M0 | 1 | 6.7 |
