American Joint Committee on Cancer Tumor Staging System Predicts the Outcome and Metastasis Pattern in Conjunctival Melanoma

Prognostic value of AJCC T category was associated with increased risks of distant metastasis and disease-specific death, Greater tumor thickness, and, ulceration, and the presence of regression were correlated with distant metastasis. Patients with cT3 tumors were more likely to develop distant metastasis without prior nodal metastasis.