Table 2.

Distribution of histotypes in MM patients (N = 2,178) extracted from the COSMIC database

Histotype	MM Patients N (%)
Superficial Spreading Melanoma (SSM)	818 (37.6%)
Nodular Melanoma (NM)	744 (34.2%)
Acral Lentiginous Melanoma (ALM)	337 (15.5%)
Desmoplastic Melanoma (DM)	85 (3.9%)
Spitzoid Melanoma (SM)	61 (2.8%)
Lentigo Maligna Melanoma (LMM)	64 (2.9%)
Epithelioid Melanoma (EM)	27 (1.2%)
Blue Nevus Melanoma (BNM)	27 (1.2%)
Amelanotic Melanoma (AM)	9 (0.4%)
Nevoid Melanoma (NEM)	5 (0.2%)
Mucosal Lentiginous Melanoma (MLM)	1 (0.05%)
Total	2178