Skip to main content
. 2019 Dec 17;9:19235. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55513-z

Table 1.

Clinicopathological features of patients with or without gain of MYC copy number.

Normal MYC CN
(CN = 2)
High MYC CN
(CN > 2)
P-value
Number of Patients 21 59
Age, Median (IQR) 60.5 (51.1–72.5) 65.2 (53.3–76.4) 0.240
Male, No. (%) 10 (47.6%) 35 (59.3%) 0.444
AJCC stage 0.511
   Stage IIA, No. (%) 2 (9.5%) 2 (3.4%)
   Stage IIB, No. (%) 10 (47.6%) 22 (37.3%)
   Stage IIIA, No. (%) 7 (33.3%) 20 (33.9%)
   Stage IIIB, No. (%) 2 (9.5 %) 8 (13.6%)
   Stage IIIC, No. (%) 0 (0%) 3 (5.1%)
   Stave IV, No. (%) 0 (0%) 4 (6.8%)
Dominant cell types
   Spindle, No. (%) 18 (85.7%) 39 (66.1%) 0.101
   Epithelioid, No. (%) 3 (14.3%) 20 (33.9%)
Pigmentation
   Minimal, No. (%) 18 (85.7%) 21 (35.6%) <0.001
   Marked, No. (%) 3 (14.3%) 38 (64.4%)
Mitotic count
   0–5/HPF, No. (%) 21 (100%) 42 (71.2%) 0.021
   5–10/HPF, No. (%) 0 (0%) 11 (18.6%)
   >11/HPF, No. (%) 0 (0%) 6 (10.2%)
Basal diameter(clinical), Median (IQR), mm 15.9 (13.2–17.0) 17.0 (15.1–18.0) 0.040
Basal diameter (pathological), Median (IQR), mm 15.5 (12.0–18.0) 17.0 (15.0–20.0) 0.094
Tumor thickness, Median (IQR), mm 10.0 (8.4–12.0) 11.0 (8.7–12.2) 0.390
GNAQ/11 mutation, No. (%) 19 (90.5%) 55 (93.2%) 0.650
BAP1 mutation, No. (%) 3 (14.3%) 32 (54.2%) 0.002
EIF1AX mutation, No. (%) 10 (47.6%) 0 (0%) <0.001
SF3B1 mutation, No. (%) 3 (14.3%) 15 (25.4%) 0.373

CN = copy number, IQR = interquartile range, No. = Number AJCC = American Joint Committee on Cancer.