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Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Apr 9;17(8):2006–2014. doi: 10.1245/s10434-010-1050-z

Table 5.

Examples of predicted 1, 2, 5 and 10-year survival rates for individual patients with localized melanoma.

Patient Tumor Thickness Ulceration Lesion Site Age Predicted Survival Rate (%) (95% CI*)
1-year 2-year 5-Year 10-Year
1 0.8 No Extremity 54 99.8 (99.7–99.9) 99.6 (99.4–99.8) 98.1 (97.4–98.8) 95.9 (94.4–97.4)
2 1.5 Yes Extremity 45 98.7 (98.3–99.2) 96.9 (96.0–97.8) 89.2 (86.6–91.7) 79.7 (75.3–84.3)
3 2.2 No Axial 75 95.7 (94.2–97.3) 87.5 (84.0–91.2) 71.7 (65.2–78.7) 59.6 (51.4–69.1)
4 3.7 Yes Axial 39 93.0 (91.3–94.8) 85.3 (82.5–88.1) 62.5 (57.8–67.6) 49.6 (43.9–55.9)
5 7.0 Yes Extremity 60 88.1 (84.6–91.8) 75.1 (70.0–80.7) 47.2 (40.4–55.1) 30.0 (22.4–40.2)
*

CI: confidence interval