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Uveal melanomas in black patients: a case series and comparative review.

Journal of the National Medical Association ·Vol. 87 ·No. 9 ·1995-09-00 ·Pages 709-14

Phillpotts BA, Sanders RJ, Shields JA, Griffiths JD, Augsburger JA, Shields CL

Abstract

Uveal melanomas are rare in black patients. Of a total of 2586 patients with the diagnosis of posterior uveal melanoma who were managed in the Oncology Service at Wills Eye Hospital from 1974 to 1987, 10 patients (0.39%) were black. Data on patient age (mean: 53.9 years), sex (male-to-female ratio: 7:3), and relative frequency of disease between black (0.39% of total cases) and white patients were similar to that of previous reports. The distinguishing characteristics (incidence, risk factors, complications, and prognostic indicators) of uveal melanoma in black versus white patients also were reviewed.

MeSH Terms
Adult Age Distribution Aged Aged, 80 and over Blacks Female Humans Incidence Male Melanoma/diagnosis,ethnology,physiopathology,therapy Middle Aged Prognosis Risk Factors Sex Distribution Survival Rate Uveal Neoplasms/diagnosis,ethnology,physiopathology,therapy
Authors & Affiliations
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Phillpotts B A
Division of Ophthalmology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
Sanders R J
Shields J A
Griffiths J D
Augsburger J A
Shields C L
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of the National Medical Association
Abbr.
J Natl Med Assoc
ISSN
0027-9684
Published
1995-09-00
Pages
709-14
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7503090
PMCID
PMC2607893
Subset
IM
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