Identifying predictive factors in melanoma progression.

  • Authors:
    • D M Dabrowska
    • R M Elashoff
    • W Ho
    • D L Morton
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  • Published online on: May 1, 1998     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.5.3.569
  • Pages: 569-644
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Abstract

Identification of risk factors is a fundamental goal of melanoma studies. The current understanding of melanoma progression is based primarily on two-stage modeling. A multistate Markov chain process combined with Cox proportional hazard regression is used to model the melanoma progression. The model is applied to 3,434 patients initially diagnosed as AJCC stage I or stage II. Parameter estimates are obtained using Cox regression and supplemented by plots of survival probabilities. Age is associated with increased risk of progression from stage I, II to stage III and from stage III to stage IV. Males experienced an increased risk of stage I, II to stage III progression. Primary tumor located on extremities decreased the risk of all transitions. Clark's level of invasion >III and Breslow's depth >1 mm increased the risk of progression from stage I, II to stage III and stage IV. The following interactions among the prognostic factors were identified for the first time in this research: interaction of age and gender in progression from stage I, II to stage III; interactions of level and depth and site by gender were found in the progression from stage I, II to stage III; interaction of site and gender in progression from stage III to stage IV and stage IV to death. Also we identified primary site as a new prognostic factor for the progression from stage IV to death. The study employed a multistate model in order to identify prognostic factors relevant for disease progression. The unique feature is the modeling of interactions among the prognostic factors and their identification.

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Dabrowska D, Elashoff R, Ho W and Morton D: Identifying predictive factors in melanoma progression.. Oncol Rep 5: 569-644, 1998
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Dabrowska, D., Elashoff, R., Ho, W., & Morton, D. (1998). Identifying predictive factors in melanoma progression.. Oncology Reports, 5, 569-644. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.5.3.569
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Dabrowska, D., Elashoff, R., Ho, W., Morton, D."Identifying predictive factors in melanoma progression.". Oncology Reports 5.3 (1998): 569-644.
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Dabrowska, D., Elashoff, R., Ho, W., Morton, D."Identifying predictive factors in melanoma progression.". Oncology Reports 5, no. 3 (1998): 569-644. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.5.3.569