Research Article

Comparative Analysis of Acral Melanoma in Chinese and Caucasian Patients

Table 2

Patient disease status and recurrence of AM patients in Chinese and Caucasians.

ParameterAcral melanoma in ChineseAcral melanoma in caucasian

Patient disease status (%)
NED174 (62.1)48 (77.4)
DFD67 (23.9)5 (8.1)
AWD30 (10.7)8 (12.9)
DFO/DUK9 (3.3)1 (1.6)

First Recurrence (%)N = 115 (41.7)N = 17 (27.5)
Local7 (6.1)5 (29.4)
Regional LN38 (33.0)2 (11.8)
In transit18 (15.7)6 (35.2)
Distant organ mets (lung, liver, brain, bone, etc.)37 (32.2)4 (23.5)
Unknown15 (13.0)

Disease status at the latest contact: NED (alive with no evidence of disease), AWD (alive with disease), DFD (death from disease), DFO (death from other causes), and DUK (death and disease status unknown).