Table 1.
Case study characteristics and their association with CTC presence in uveal melanomas. This table reports the number of CTC-positive and CTC-negative cases according to patients’ clinico-pathological prognostic parameters.
| Parameters | All patients (n = 31) |
CTC Positive (n = 17) |
CTC Negative (n = 14) |
p value CTC+ vs. CTC− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||||
| median | 72 | 72 | 74 | 0.564 a |
| min-max | 52–89 | 52–82 | 54–89 | |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0.725 b |
| Male | 17 | 10 | 7 | |
| LBD (mm) | ||||
| median | 10.0 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 0.691 a |
| min-max | 3.0–23.4 | 3.0–23.4 | 5.6–20.0 | |
| <14.0 mm | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0.412 b |
| >14.0 mm | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
| Tumor Height (mm) | ||||
| median | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.35 | 0.796 a |
| min-max | 1.8–13.5 | 1.8–13.0 | 2.2–13.5 | |
| <7.0 mm | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0.698 b |
| >7.0 mm | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
| TNM | ||||
| T1N0M0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.557 b |
| T2N0M0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | |
| T3N0M0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| T4N0M0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| T1N0M1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| T4N0M1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
a: Mann-Whitney; b: Chi-square test.