Table 1

Demographic and clinical features of patients with choroidal melanoma according to treatment modality

TotalGKREnucleationBrachytherapyp Value
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Male/female22/1810/55/47/9
Right/left18/229/64/55/11
Age, years (SD)51 (14)48 (14)55 (14)53 (13)0.361*
Follow-up, months (SD)39 (15)52 (11)36 (14)29 (11)<0.001*
Tumour size, mm (SD)
 LBD10.7 (3.1)9.7 (2.7)12.0 (4.5)10.7 (2.2)0.536*
 Height6.5 (2.7)5.8 (2.5)8.5(3.3)5.8 (1.8)0.099*
Classification (7th edition AJCC/UICC), n (%)
 Stage I12 (30.0)5 (33.3)2 (22.2)5 (31.3)
 Stage IIA12 (30.0)4 (26.7)3 (33.4)5 (31.3)
 Stage IIB6 (15.0)1 (6.7)1 (11.1)4 (25.0)
 Stage IIIA3 (7.5)2 (13.3)1 (11.1)0 (0.0)
 Stage IV7 (17.5)3 (20.0)2 (22.2)2 (12.4)
Four-year survival rate (%)757878800.769
  • * Kruskal–Wallis test.

  • Logrank test.

  • AJCC/UICC, American Joint Cancer Committee/Union Internationale Contre le Cancer; GKR, gamma knife radiotherapy; LBD, largest basal diameter.