PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOLLOWING ENUCLEATION OF 111 UVEAL MELANOMAS

K COLEMAN*, JPA BAAK, P VANDIEST, J MULLANEY, M FARRELL, M FENTON

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Abstract

Follow up information was retrieved on III patients who underwent enucleation for uveal melanoma between 1964 and 1987, allowing a minimum postoperative period of 5 years. Univariate survival analysis was carried out using Kaplan-Meier curves and the differences between the curves were analysed with the Mantel-Cox test. Multivariate analysis used the Cox proportional hazards model. Univariate analysis isolated each of the following as significant prognosticators: largest tumour diameter (LTD) (p

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)688-692
Number of pages5
JournalBritish Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume77
Issue number11
Publication statusPublished - Nov 1993

Keywords

  • MALIGNANT-MELANOMA
  • CHOROIDAL MELANOMA
  • MORTALITY
  • PATHOLOGY
  • BIOPSY
  • RATES

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