Clinical feature Statistical test Significant genes Associated with                 Associated with Time from Specimen Diagnosis to Death Cox regression test N=6 shorter survival N=1 longer survival N=5 Time to Death Cox regression test N=3 shorter survival N=2 longer survival N=1 AGE Spearman correlation test N=1 older N=1 younger N=0 PRIMARY SITE OF DISEASE Kruskal-Wallis test N=6 NEOPLASM DISEASESTAGE Kruskal-Wallis test N=0 PATHOLOGY T STAGE Spearman correlation test N=0 PATHOLOGY N STAGE Spearman correlation test N=1 higher stage N=1 lower stage N=0 PATHOLOGY M STAGE Kruskal-Wallis test N=0 MELANOMA ULCERATION Wilcoxon test N=0 MELANOMA PRIMARY KNOWN Wilcoxon test N=0 BRESLOW THICKNESS Spearman correlation test N=2 higher breslow.thickness N=0 lower breslow.thickness N=2 GENDER Wilcoxon test N=0