Prognostic factors for conjunctival melanoma: a study in ethnic Chinese patients
Prognostic factors for conjunctival melanoma: a study in ethnic Chinese patients
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DOI:
10.1136/bjophthalmol-2014-305730
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发表时间:
2015-07-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Guo, Jun
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作者:
Sheng, Xinan;Li, Siming;Guo, Jun
Background/objective In patients with conjunctival melanomas, surgery is the first choice of treatment, but no standard adjuvant therapy has been established. In this study, we evaluated prognostic factors for conjunctival melanoma in ethnic Chinese patients.Methods Demographic data, known (published) prognostic factors, BRAF and KIT gene mutations, treatment strategies and outcomes were reviewed in 53 patients with pathologically confirmed conjunctival melanomas. Univariate and multivariate analyses of factors associated with survival were performed by the Kaplan-Meier method and a Cox proportional hazard model, respectively.Results Univariate analyses for 50 patients in whom data were available showed that a higher T stage (p=0.041), greater tumour thickness (p=0.006), local resection (p=0.033) and no adjuvant therapy (p=0.006) were associated with a worse recurrence-free survival (RFS) and metastasis-free survival (MFS). Patients with more involved quadrants also had worse MFS (p=0.039), while a higher T stage (p