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Table 16.8

Melanoma of the Skin (Invasive)

5-Year Relative Survival (Percent) by Year of Diagnosis
Year of
Diagnosis		 All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
1960-1963a - - - 60 51 68 - - -
1970-1973a - - - 68 62 75 - - -
1975-1977b 81.9 77.6 86.3 81.9 77.7 86.2 56.7g - -
1978-1980b 82.7 77.7 87.6 82.8 77.8 87.7 59.8h - -
1981-1983b 82.7 78.3 87.2 82.7 78.3 87.1 61.9g - -
1984-1986b 86.5 82.5 91.0 86.3 82.1 90.9 70.0h - -
1987-1989b 88.0 84.8 91.5 87.9 84.8 91.2 78.6g - 89.5g
1990-1992b 89.2 86.9 91.7 89.2 86.9 91.7 60.4h - -
1993-1995b 89.7 87.2 92.6 89.5 87.0 92.6 70.2g 65.3g 69.7h
1996-1998b 90.9 89.4 92.7 90.8 89.2 92.7 73.3g 66.6h 78.6g
1999-2002b 92.3 90.2 94.9 92.4 90.2 95.0 73.1g 73.3g 72.7g
2003-2009b 93.1f 91.5f 95.1f 93.1f 91.4f 95.1f 76.5g 70.7g 79.4g
5-Year Period Survival (Percent)cd
Year All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
2009 91.7 89.9 94.0 91.4 89.6 93.8 69.1 58.3 76.4
Stage Distribution (%) 2003-2009ce, Case Counts and Percentages
Stage at
Diagnosis		 All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
Number of cases 91,938 51,247 40,691 86,520 48,515 38,005 445 187 258
Percent 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Localized 84 82 86 84 82 86 56 49 62
Regional 9 10 7 9 10 7 24 26 22
Distant 4 4 3 4 5 3 14 19 10
Unstaged 4 4 4 3 4 3 6 6 6
5-Year Relative Survival (Percent) 2003-2009c by Age at Diagnosis
Age at
Diagnosis		 All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
Ages <45 94.6 91.5 96.7 94.5 91.3 96.7 81.7 62.7g 90.3
Ages 45-54 92.5 90.2 95.2 92.3 90.0 94.9 72.9g 66.2h 78.2g
Ages 55-64 90.9 89.3 93.7 90.6 89.0 93.3 72.3g 58.9g 86.2g
Ages 65-74 90.3 89.0 92.7 90.1 88.8 92.5 67.3g 55.0g 78.9g
Ages 75+ 86.5 87.0 85.5 86.0 86.5 85.2 65.5g 71.2h 56.4h
Ages <65 92.7 90.2 95.5 92.5 89.9 95.3 76.6 62.8g 86.0
Ages 65+ 88.4 88.1 89.1 88.1 87.7 88.8 67.6g 65.3g 68.2g
5-Year Relative Survival (Percent) 2003-2009c by Stage at Diagnosise
Stage at
Diagnosis		 All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
All Stages 91.3 89.4 93.7 91.1 89.1 93.5 73.1 64.0 79.1
Localized 98.3 97.9 98.9 98.1 97.7 98.7 94.3 88.3g 96.2
Regional 62.4 59.7 66.8 62.5 59.9 66.8 54.1g 50.4g 56.9g
Distant 16.0 14.7 18.5 16.0 14.7 18.4 23.5g 22.2g 23.8h
Unstaged 76.5 73.0 80.8 75.6 72.0 79.9 62.4h - -

Footnotes:

a Based on End Results data from a series of hospital registries and one population-based registry.

b SEER 9 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta). Based on follow-up of patients into 2010.

c SEER 18 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta, San Jose-Monterey, Los Angeles, Alaska Native Registry, Rural Georgia, California excluding SF/SJM/LA, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey and Georgia excluding ATL/RG). Based on follow-up of patients into 2010.

d Period survival provides a 2009 estimate of survival by piecing together the most recent conditional survival estimates from several cohorts. It is computed here using three year calendar blocks (2007-2009: 0-1 year survival), (2006-2008: 1-2 year survival), (2005-2007: 2-3 year survival), (2004-2006: 3-4 year survival), (2003-2005: 4-5 years survival).

e Stage at diagnosis is classified using SEER Summary Stage 2000.

f The difference between 1975-1977 and 2003-2009 is statistically significant (p<.05).

g The standard error is between 5 and 10 percentage points.

h The standard error is greater than 10 percentage points.

- Statistic could not be calculated due to fewer than 25 cases during the time period.

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