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Prognostic instrument for survival outcome in melanoma patients : based on data from the population-based Swedish Melanoma Register

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

BACKGROUND: Several major analyses have identified a consistent set of independent risk factors for cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM). A few prognostic models have been presented but some are based on a limited number of patients and others are based on selected groups of patients referred to major institutions. No nationwide population-based prognostic instrument for survival of CMM has been presented. The Swedish Melanoma Register (SMR) database covers 99% of CMM diagnosed in Sweden and includes today >50,000 cases.

OBJECTIVES: To create a prognostic instrument based on SMR data to give highly reliable risk profiles for patients diagnosed with localised CMM.

METHODS: Clinicopathological data were linked to the cause of death registry for calculation of CMM-specific survival. A generalised gamma method was used to derive 1, 5 and 10year probabilities of death for each combination of patient and tumour data: age, sex, tumour site, tumour thickness, tumour ulceration, Clark's level of invasion and when applicable also outcome of sentinel node biopsy (SNB).

RESULTS: Tumour thickness had the highest prognostic impact, explaining 77% of the model. Women had 30% lower risk of death because of CMM than men. Presence of ulceration nearly doubled the risk. If the patient had a positive SNB status the risk of death due to CMM increased three times versus a negative SNB status.

CONCLUSION: This unique population-based prognostic model for primary CMM shows better survival than the American Joint Commission on Cancer prognostic model widely used. The reason is probably that the referral bias is eliminated in a population-based cohort.

Publiceringsår

2016-04-02

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

171-178

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

European Journal of Cancer

Volym

59

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Cancer and Oncology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1879-0852