Table 3: Mean and median OS of gastrointestinal mucosal
melanoma patients with different characteristics.
|
Characteristic |
Mean OS
(months) |
Median OS
(months) |
|
|
Total |
|
38.395 |
30.000 |
|
Sex |
Male |
38.153 |
36.000 |
|
|
Female |
38.177 |
26.000 |
|
Age (years) |
≤60 |
43.414 |
36.000 |
|
|
>60 |
33.016 |
23.000 |
|
Primary or
metastatic |
Primary |
35.311 |
30.000 |
|
|
Metastatic |
50.600 |
55.000 |
|
Tumor location |
Upper
gastrointestinal tract |
29.208 |
14.000 |
|
|
Lower
gastrointestinal tract |
38.850 |
30.000 |
|
Number of
lesions |
Single |
40.111 |
36.000 |
|
|
Multiple |
22.400 |
20.000 |
|
|
Unspecified |
43.451 |
30.000 |
|
Initial
symptoms |
Bleeding
(haematochezia or haematemesis) |
23.930 |
22.000 |
|
|
Non-bleeding |
50.888 |
55.000 |
|
Distant
metastasis |
Yes |
33.193 |
26.000 |
|
|
No |
39.097 |
25.000 |
|
|
Unspecified |
43.451 |
30.000 |
|
Lymph node metastasis |
Yes |
32.972 |
31.000 |
|
|
No |
49.292 |
26.000 |
|
|
Unspecified |
43.451 |
30.000 |
|
Melan A
(immunohistochemical analysis) |
(+) |
29.796 |
30.000 |
|
|
(-) |
46.222 |
36.000 |
|
|
Unspecified |
39.500 |
20.000 |
|
Treatments |
No (had not
received any treatment or had received only palliative care) |
31.481 |
31.000 |
|
|
Only surgery |
35.604 |
20.000 |
|
|
Only
chemotherapy |
17.000 |
17.000 |
|
|
Both surgery
and chemotherapy |
50.393 |
36.000 |