Socioeconomic status correlates with clinical outcomes in patients with acral melanoma.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the impact of socioeconomic status on survival in Chinese patients with acral melanoma.

Methods

We collected clinical and socioeconomic information of 298 primary acral melanoma patients and performed Kaplan-Meier curves, log-rank tests, Cox proportional hazards models, and Pearson's chi-squared tests to evaluate the relationships between clinical characteristics, socioeconomic factors, and survival outcomes.

Results

Among the clinical characteristics, age, gender, stage, Breslow thickness, and primary tumor site significantly impacted survival in acral melanoma patients (p = 0.01, p = 0.05, p < 0.01, p < 0.01, p < 0.01, respectively). Compared to individual socioeconomic factors such as edu

SUBMITTER: Huang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11830742 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature