Clinical and histopathological characteristics and survival analysis of 4594 Japanese patients with melanoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of melanoma among those of an Asian ethnicity is lower than in Caucasians; few large-scale Asian studies that include follow-up data have been reported.

Objectives

To investigate the clinical characteristics of Japanese patients with melanoma and to evaluate the prognostic factors.

Methods

Detailed patient information was collected from the database of Japanese Melanoma Study Group of the Japanese Skin Cancer Society. The American Joint Committee on Cancer seventh Edition system was used for TNM classification. The Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards model were used to estimate the impact of clinical and histological parameters on disease-specific survival in patients with invasive melanoma.

Results

In total, 4594 patients

SUBMITTER: Fujisawa Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6536943 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature