AGE DISTRIBUTION OF UVEAL MELANOMA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SURVIVAL DISTRIBUCIÓN POR EDADES DEL MELANOMA DE ÚVEA Y SU RELACIÓN CON LA SUPERVIVENCIA

Purpose: To study the age distribution and survival in patients with uveal melanoma. Methods: A retrospective study was performed on 303 patients diagnosed with uveal melanoma. We analysed the clinical characteristics: age, gender, tumor size and origin, follow-up time, systemic state, survival time and cause of death. Results: The median age of the patients was 60.09 years. The 2-, 5-, and 10-year survival of patients less than 50 years of age at diagnosis was 91.41%, 81.83% and 61.45% respectively. The 2-, 5- and 10year survival of patients equal to or older than 50 years was 90.86%, 73.18% and 58.28% respectively. No significant difference was found between these two age groups. When we considered a possible relationship between the sex factor and survival, in patients equal to or older than 50 years of age, we found a higher survival in men than in women (logrank test; p=0.038). Conclusions: Uveal melanoma in Spain has a similar age distribution to that of other countries, and it is not an infrequent diagnosis in patients under 40 years of age. Survival rates are also similar to that