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      • August 20, 2014 at 1:10 pm
      Janner
      Participant

      I didn't have time to reread the article, but I think you're mistaken.  Here's the details on the ages which are 15-89 for this study.

      Removed:  along with those age younger than 15 and those age 90 years
      at diagnosis. Therefore, included in this analysis were
      26,736 people diagnosed between 1982 and 2006 in the Queensland
      population with a histologically confirmed single primary invasive
      cutaneous melanoma 1.00 mm thick. Their average age was 52.7
      years (median, 53 years; range, 15 to 89 years), with an average age of
      54.9 years among males and 50.2 years among females. Male-to-
      female incidence ratio was 1.2:1. By December 31, 2007, 4,455 (17%)
      had died, of whom 592 (2.2% of the cohort) died from melanoma.

      • August 20, 2014 at 1:10 pm
      Janner
      Participant

      I didn't have time to reread the article, but I think you're mistaken.  Here's the details on the ages which are 15-89 for this study.

      Removed:  along with those age younger than 15 and those age 90 years
      at diagnosis. Therefore, included in this analysis were
      26,736 people diagnosed between 1982 and 2006 in the Queensland
      population with a histologically confirmed single primary invasive
      cutaneous melanoma 1.00 mm thick. Their average age was 52.7
      years (median, 53 years; range, 15 to 89 years), with an average age of
      54.9 years among males and 50.2 years among females. Male-to-
      female incidence ratio was 1.2:1. By December 31, 2007, 4,455 (17%)
      had died, of whom 592 (2.2% of the cohort) died from melanoma.

      • August 20, 2014 at 1:10 pm
      Janner
      Participant

      I didn't have time to reread the article, but I think you're mistaken.  Here's the details on the ages which are 15-89 for this study.

      Removed:  along with those age younger than 15 and those age 90 years
      at diagnosis. Therefore, included in this analysis were
      26,736 people diagnosed between 1982 and 2006 in the Queensland
      population with a histologically confirmed single primary invasive
      cutaneous melanoma 1.00 mm thick. Their average age was 52.7
      years (median, 53 years; range, 15 to 89 years), with an average age of
      54.9 years among males and 50.2 years among females. Male-to-
      female incidence ratio was 1.2:1. By December 31, 2007, 4,455 (17%)
      had died, of whom 592 (2.2% of the cohort) died from melanoma.

        • August 20, 2014 at 1:24 pm
        Janner
        Participant

        The study ONLY includes those that haven't died, or conversely those that die from melanoma.   So if an 80 year old dies from something else, they are dropped and not included in the numbers.

        • August 20, 2014 at 1:24 pm
        Janner
        Participant

        The study ONLY includes those that haven't died, or conversely those that die from melanoma.   So if an 80 year old dies from something else, they are dropped and not included in the numbers.

        • August 20, 2014 at 1:24 pm
        Janner
        Participant

        The study ONLY includes those that haven't died, or conversely those that die from melanoma.   So if an 80 year old dies from something else, they are dropped and not included in the numbers.

        • August 20, 2014 at 1:28 pm
        JC
        Participant

        the table seems to be saying the 20-year survival is 95.8% for the 80-89 age group.

         

         

         

         

        Population-Based 20-Year Survival From Thin Melanoma

         

        Table 1. Cause-Specific Survival Estimates by Years After Diagnosis and Prognostic Factors (1982-2006)

         

        Survival

         

        Age Group              No. of Patients              5-Year              10-Year             15-Year            20-Year

        80-89                            1,397                       98.2                   95.8                    95.8                 95.8      

         

         

         

        • August 20, 2014 at 1:28 pm
        JC
        Participant

        the table seems to be saying the 20-year survival is 95.8% for the 80-89 age group.

         

         

         

         

        Population-Based 20-Year Survival From Thin Melanoma

         

        Table 1. Cause-Specific Survival Estimates by Years After Diagnosis and Prognostic Factors (1982-2006)

         

        Survival

         

        Age Group              No. of Patients              5-Year              10-Year             15-Year            20-Year

        80-89                            1,397                       98.2                   95.8                    95.8                 95.8      

         

         

         

        • August 20, 2014 at 1:28 pm
        JC
        Participant

        the table seems to be saying the 20-year survival is 95.8% for the 80-89 age group.

         

         

         

         

        Population-Based 20-Year Survival From Thin Melanoma

         

        Table 1. Cause-Specific Survival Estimates by Years After Diagnosis and Prognostic Factors (1982-2006)

         

        Survival

         

        Age Group              No. of Patients              5-Year              10-Year             15-Year            20-Year

        80-89                            1,397                       98.2                   95.8                    95.8                 95.8      

         

         

         

        • August 20, 2014 at 2:00 pm
        Janner
        Participant

        I see the word "Estimates" in the table description.  Since the 10, 15 and 20 years numbers are all the same, I'd say they were "estimates".  Basically, if that person had been 60 at diagnosis instead of 80, based on prognostic factors they would expect a 95.8% survival rate.

        • August 20, 2014 at 2:00 pm
        Janner
        Participant

        I see the word "Estimates" in the table description.  Since the 10, 15 and 20 years numbers are all the same, I'd say they were "estimates".  Basically, if that person had been 60 at diagnosis instead of 80, based on prognostic factors they would expect a 95.8% survival rate.

        • August 20, 2014 at 2:00 pm
        Janner
        Participant

        I see the word "Estimates" in the table description.  Since the 10, 15 and 20 years numbers are all the same, I'd say they were "estimates".  Basically, if that person had been 60 at diagnosis instead of 80, based on prognostic factors they would expect a 95.8% survival rate.

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