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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2010 Apr 1;116(7):1767–1775. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24951

Table 1. Patient demographics (n=53).

Age, years
Median 62
Range 38-86

Sex
Male 34 (64%)
Female 19 (36%)

ECOG performance status
0 16 (30%)
1 29 (55%)
2 8 (15%)

Stage
IIIC 1 (2%)
IV 52 (98%)

Primary site
Cutaneous 42 (79%)
Ocular 5 (9%)
Mucosal 3 (6%)
Unknown 3 (6%)

Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
≤ upper limit of normal (ULN; 200 units/L) 23 (43%)
1.1 - <2× ULN 13 (25%)
>2× ULN 17 (32%)

Prior therapy
Radiation therapy 21 (40%)
Cytotoxic chemotherapy 49 (93%)
Biologic therapy
 • Adjuvant IFN-α (adjuvant) 9 (17%)
 • High-dose IL-2 (metastatic disease) 8 (15%)
Vaccine therapy 4 (7%)
Others (e.g. small molecule inhibitors) 23 (43%)

No. of prior systemic therapies
Median 2
Range 0-6

ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group