Small High-Risk Uveal Melanomas Have a Lower Mortality Rate

Hussain, Rumana N ORCID: 0000-0001-8208-5009, Coupland, Sarah E ORCID: 0000-0002-1464-2069, Kalirai, Helen ORCID: 0000-0002-4440-2576, Taktak, Azzam FG, Eleuteri, Antonio ORCID: 0000-0003-0718-6672, Damato, Bertil E, Groenewald, Carl and Heimann, Heinrich (2021) Small High-Risk Uveal Melanomas Have a Lower Mortality Rate. CANCERS, 13 (9). 2267-.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13092267

Abstract

Our aim was to determine whether size impacts on the difference in metastatic mortality of genetically high-risk (monosomy 3) uveal melanomas (UM). We undertook a retrospective analysis of data from a patient cohort with genetically characterized UM. All patients treated for UM in the Liverpool Ocular Oncology Centre between 2007 and 2014, who had a prognostic genetic tumor analysis. Patients were subdivided into those with small (≤2.5 mm thickness) and large (>2.5 mm thickness) tumors. Survival analyses were performed using Gray rank statistics to calculate absolute probabilities of dying as a result of metastatic UM. The 5-year absolute risk of metastatic mortality of those with small monosomy 3 UM was significantly lower (23%) compared to the larger tumor group (50%) (<i>p</i> = 0.003). Small disomy 3 UM also had a lower absolute risk of metastatic mortality (0.8%) than large disomy 3 UM (6.4%) (<i>p</i> = 0.007). Hazard rates showed similar differences even with lead time bias correction estimates. We therefore conclude that earlier treatment of all small UM, particularly monosomy 3 UM, reduces the risk of metastatic disease and death. Our results would support molecular studies of even small UM, rather than 'watch-and-wait strategies'.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	uveal melanoma, monosomy 3, metastatic risk
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Clinical Directorate Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	06 Jul 2021 13:13
Last Modified:	26 Jan 2024 03:07
DOI:	10.3390/cancers13092267
Open Access URL:	https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/9/2267
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3129016