title: [Epidemiology of choroidal melanoma in the material of the Department of Ophthalmology CM UJ in Cracow].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Epidemiological analysis of the choroidal melanoma cases-sent from all over the Poland and treated in our clinic between January 1998 and December 2002.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 687 patients with choroidal melanoma 348 women and 339 men.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The age of patients was 14-97 years (mean 56 years). The most numerous group consisted of patients between 60-70 years of age (22.7%). Most of the cases came from the regions of Malopolska, Silesia, Lower-Silesia and Mazovia. The time between first symptoms and the first visit in our clinic was between 1 week to 2 years. According to the COMS classification we found small melanoma in 13% of cases, medium in 51% and large in 36% of cases. We found the presence of other malignancies besides the choroidal melanoma in 4.3% patients. We analyzed the demography and positive family history of ocular and general malignancies in the patients.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Okulistyki Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: Arkadiusz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pogrzebielski
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Romanowska-Dixon
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Starzycka
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Szuścik
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology