title: Uveal melanomas in black patients: a case series and comparative review.
abstract: Uveal melanomas are rare in black patients. Of a total of 2586 patients with the diagnosis of posterior uveal melanoma who were managed in the Oncology Service at Wills Eye Hospital from 1974 to 1987, 10 patients (0.39%) were black. Data on patient age (mean: 53.9 years), sex (male-to-female ratio: 7:3), and relative frequency of disease between black (0.39% of total cases) and white patients were similar to that of previous reports. The distinguishing characteristics (incidence, risk factors, complications, and prognostic indicators) of uveal melanoma in black versus white patients also were reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Ophthalmology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Phillpotts
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Augsburger
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Shields
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D015996:Survival Rate; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy