Abstract
e20016 Background: Ocluar melanoma is worthy of unique concerns because of its noticeable differences with cutaneous melanoma. The knowledge on clinical outcome in Asian patients is also limit. There is no standard recommendation in surgery for primary ocular melanoma and adjuvant treatment after surgery. The aim of this study is to evaluate the prognostic factors for disease-free survival (DFS) after surgery in Chinese ocular melanoma. Methods: Clinical data from January 2006 to April 2013 including age at diagnosis, gender, anatomic location (uveal or conjunctival), stage (I, II, III), type of surgery, adjuvant therapy, and DFS of patients with ocular melanoma were retrieved from Beijing Cancer Hospital’s database. Univariate and multivariate analyses of factors associated with DFS were respectively performed by Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazard model. Results: A total of 95 patients (61 males, 34 females) with ocular melanoma were evaluated. 53.7% had uveal melanoma and46.3% had conjuncti...
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