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Table 2 Correlation of EZH2 gain to clinicopathologic features of BRAF V600E mutated melanomas

From: Identification of coexistence of BRAF V600E mutation and EZH2 gain specifically in melanoma as a promising target for combination therapy

Clinicopathologic feature

EZH2 gain

Positive

Negative

P valuea

Age (year)

51.5 ± 12.6

51.4 ± 13.0

0.312

Gender N (%)

  

0.553

 Man

19 (47.5)

52 (53.1)

 

 Female

21 (52.5)

46 (46.9)

 

Thickness (mm)

  

0.907

 < 1

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 1–2

3 (27.3)

12 (27.3)

 

 2–4

6 (38.6)

17 (38.6)

 

 > 4

5 (34.1)

15 (34.1)

 

Ulceration N (%)

  

0.001

 Yes

12 (35.3)

60 (69.0)

 

 No

22 (64.7)

27 (31.0)

 

Primary site N (%)

  

0.503

 Acral

9 (22.5)

32 (32.7)

 

 Mucosal

7 (17.5)

11 (11.2)

 

 CSD

9 (22.5)

27 (27.6)

 

 Non-CSD

13 (32.5)

26 (26.5)

 

 Unknown primary

2 (5.0)

2 (2.0)

 

TNM stage N (%)

  

0.071

 I

4 (10.0)

3 (3.1)

 

 II

5 (12.5)

29 (29.6)

 

 III

17 (42.5)

31 (31.6)

 

 IV

14 (35.0)

35 (35.7)

 
  1. aFor evaluation of age, the unpaired t or t’ tests were used. For evaluation of gender, ulceration and stages, the Chi square tests or Fisher’s exact tests were used. For evaluation of thickness, Mann–Whitney U tests were used