Clinical features of all 43 patients
| Patient No | Sex | Race | Age at presentation | Tumour size (mm) | Tumour position | Time: first sympt/ diagn (months) | Time: diagn/ therapy (months) | First therapy | Complications | Time: therapy/ recurrence (months) | Therapy of recurrence | Follow up (months) | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | W | 64 | 5–10 (small) | L, upper lid | 30 | 1 | Excision (wide) | ? | 2 | |||
| 2 | F | W | 55 | 5–10 (small) | L, lower lid, conj/cornea | 21 | 1 | Excision (wide) | 82 | ||||
| 3 | M | W | 63 | 5–10 (small) | L, lower lid | 9 | 2 | Excision (wide) | 87 | ||||
| 4† | F | W | 37 | 5–10 (small) | L, upper lid | 12 | 1 | Excision (wide) | 74 | ||||
| 5 | M | W | 79 | 5–10 (small) | R, upper lid | 29 | 2 | Excision with Mohs’ technique | 2 | ||||
| 6 | F | W | 62 | 5–10 (small) | R, upper lid | 50 | 0 | Excision (wide) | 113 | ||||
| 7 | M | W | 62 | 5–10 (small) | L, lower lid | 1 | 1 | Excision with frozen section | 17 | ||||
| 8† | F | W | 44 | 5–10 (small) | L, lower lid | 18 | 0 | Excision (wide) | Tumour recurrence local, metastases | 18 | Excision (local), neck dissection | 87 | |
| 9† | M | W | 77 | 5–10 (small) | L, upper lid | 6 | 2 | Excision (wide) | Tumour recurrence local | 2 | Excision (local) | 135 | |
| 10† | M | W | 73 | 5–10 (small) | L, lower lid | 60 | ? | Radiotherapy | ? | 1 | |||
| 11 | M | Ch | 50 | 5–10 (small) | L, upper lid | 2 | 1 | Excision with frozen section | 27 | ||||
| 12† | F | W | 68 | 10–20 (intermediate) | R, upper lid | 12 | 1 | Radiotherapy | Tumour recurrence local | 48 | Excision (local) | 52 | |
| 13 | M | W | 63 | 10–20 (intermediate) | R, lower lid, conj/cornea | 9 | 0 | Excision (wide) | 40 | § | |||
| 14 | F | W | 66 | 10–20 (intermediate) | R, upper lid, conj/cornea | 48 | 0 | Excision with frozen section | Tumour recurrence local | 48 | Exenteration | 148 | |
| 15 | M | W | 67 | 10–20 (intermediate) | L, upper lid | 1 | 0 | Excision (wide) | 29 | ||||
| 16 | F | W | 64 | 10–20 (intermediate) | L, lower lid | 6 | 0 | Excision (wide) | Tumour recurrence local | 6 | Excision (local) | 45 | |
| 17 | M | W | 47 | 10–20 (intermediate) | L, lower lid | 6 | 0 | Excision with frozen section | 18 | ||||
| 18 | M | W | 71 | 10–20 (intermediate) | R, upper lid | 48 | 0 | Excision with frozen section | 50 | ||||
| 19 | F | W | 63 | 10–20 (intermediate) | R, lower lid, conj/cornea | 14 | 1 | Radiotherapy | Tumour recurrence local | 6 | 103 | ‡ | |
| 20 | M | W | 65 | 10–20 (intermediate) | L, upper lid | 1 | 1 | Excision with frozen section | 38 | § | |||
| 21 | M | W | 61 | 10–20 (intermediate) | L, upper lid, conj/cornea | 10 | 0 | Excision (wide) | 134 | ||||
| 22 | M | I | 66 | 10–20 (intermediate) | L, upper lid | 12 | 1 | Excision (wide) | 62 | ||||
| 23 | M | I | 78 | 10–20 (intermediate) | R, lower lid | 180 | 0 | Excision (wide) | 52 | ||||
| 24 | F | W | 38 | 10–20 (intermediate) | L, upper lid | 12 | 2 | Excision (wide) | 91 | ||||
| 25 | F | W | 67 | 20–30 (large) | R, upper lid | 1 | 3 | Excision with frozen section | 32 | ||||
| 26 | M | W | 75 | 20–30 (large) | L, upper lid, conj/cornea | 6 | 1 | Excision (wide) | Tumour recurrence local, metastases | 6 | Exenteration, radiotherapy | 17 | |
| 27 | F | W | 71 | 20–30 (large) | L, upper lid | 17 | 3 | Excision with frozen section | Metastases | 12 | Neck dissection | 15 | |
| 28 | M | W | 62 | 20–30 (large) | L, upper lid, conj/cornea | 1 | 1 | Exenteration | 16 | ||||
| 29* | F | W | 77 | 20–30 (large) | R, lower lid | 5 | 2 | Radiotherapy | 16 | ‡ | |||
| 30 | M | W | 57 | 20–30 (large) | L, upper lid | 9 | 1 | Excision with frozen section | 4 | ||||
| 31 | F | W | 76 | Diffuse | R, upper lid, lower lid, conj/cornea, diffuse | 19 | 2 | a | 2 | ‡ | |||
| 32 | F | W | 60 | Diffuse | R, upper lid, conj/cornea | 14 | 2 | Exenteration | 76 | ||||
| 33 | F | W | 53 | Diffuse | L, upper lid | 7 | 1 | Excision (wide) | Metastases | 10 | Neck dissection, radiotherapy | 15 | |
| 34* † | F | W | 66 | Diffuse | R, upper lid, lower lid, orbit | 1 | 1 | Exenteration | 4 | ||||
| 35 | F | W | 52 | Diffuse | L, upper lid, conj/cornea | 14 | 6 | Exenteration | 2 | ||||
| 36 | M | W | 68 | Diffuse | R, upper lid, conj/cornea | 18 | 1 | Exenteration | 27 | § | |||
| 37 | F | W | 78 | Diffuse | L, upper lid | 30 | 1 | Excision (wide) | Tumour recurrence local | 12 | Radiotherapy | 24 | |
| 38 | F | W | 47 | Diffuse | L, upper lid, lower lid, conj/cornea, orbit | 60 | 0 | Excision (wide) | 70 | ||||
| 39 | F | W | 67 | Diffuse | R, upper lid, conj/cornea | 12 | Exenteration | Tumour recurrence local, metastases | 15 | Neck dissection | 132 | ||
| 40 | F | W | 59 | Diffuse | R, upper lid, conj/cornea | 72 | 2 | Exenteration | 123 | ||||
| 41† | M | W | 58 | ? | L, lower lid | 5 | 1 | Radiotherapy | 2 | ‡ | |||
| 42? | M | W | 62 | ? | L, lower lid | ? | 2 | Exenteration | ? | 82 | § | ||
| 43 | F | W | 53 | ? | L, lower lid | 36 | 0 | Excision (wide) | Tumour recurrence local, metastases | 16 | Excision (local), neck dissection | 60 |
W = white; Ch = Chinese; I = Indian; ? = unknown; a = patient died before first therapy; *lymph nodes at first presentation;†correct diagnosis at presentation; ‡death, tumour related; §death, other causes.