Table 3.
Treatment and survival outcomes profiles of 7,516 uveal melanoma patients from the SEER database, 1973–2012
| Variable | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment | ||
| Surgery only | 3,218 | 42.8 |
| Radiation only | 3,232 | 43.0 |
| Both | 527 | 7.0 |
| Neither | 539 | 7.2 |
| Cancer-specific relative survival | ||
| 1 year | – | 97.1 |
| 2 years | – | 90.5 |
| 5 years | – | 76.0 |
| Overall survival in years (expressed as mean ± SD) | 14.6±0.2 | |
| Mortality | 3,466 | 46.1 |
| Cancer-specific mortality | 1,870 | 24.9 |
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; SEER, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results.