PMID: 8963937Dec 1, 1995Paper

Prognostic value of DNA ploidy as assessed with flow cytometry in uveal melanoma

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. Journal Canadien D'ophtalmologie
L J ElavathilD Phillips

Abstract

To investigate the prognostic value of tumour cell DNA content, as determined with flow cytometry, in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue from patients with uveal melanoma. Case series. Pathology Laboratory, Vancouver General Hospital. Ninety patients with primary uveal (choroid) malignant melanoma diagnosed between 1975 and 1984 followed for at least 60 months. Tumour cell DNA content, 5-year and 10-year disease-specific survival rates. The DNA histograms were classifiable as diploid (67 cases) or aneuploid (18 cases) in 85 cases. On univariate analysis DNA content, age at diagnosis, histologic type of tumour, largest single tumour dimension and tumour volume were predictors of 10-year survival. Multivariate analysis with the stepwise Cox proportional hazards regression model did not confirm cellular DNA content as an independent prognostic factor. However, age at diagnosis, largest tumour dimension and presence of spindle vs. mixed or epithelioid cell pattern were significant predictors of death from uveal melanoma. DNA ploidy of uveal melanoma is not a statistically significant predictor of survival.

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