Comparative Analysis of Acral Melanoma in Chinese and Caucasian Patients
Table 2
Patient disease status and recurrence of AM patients in Chinese and Caucasians.
Parameter
Acral melanoma in Chinese
Acral melanoma in caucasian
Patient disease status (%)
NED
174 (62.1)
48 (77.4)
DFD
67 (23.9)
5 (8.1)
AWD
30 (10.7)
8 (12.9)
DFO/DUK
9 (3.3)
1 (1.6)
First Recurrence (%)
N = 115 (41.7)
N = 17 (27.5)
Local
7 (6.1)
5 (29.4)
Regional LN
38 (33.0)
2 (11.8)
In transit
18 (15.7)
6 (35.2)
Distant organ mets (lung, liver, brain, bone, etc.)
37 (32.2)
4 (23.5)
Unknown
15 (13.0)
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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).