Table 4.

Comparison of 213 Surgically Treated Patients

Characteristic	Tumor ≤ 1 cm		Tumor > 1 cm and ≤ 2 cm		Tumor > 2 cm		P
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of patients	54		77		82
Age, years							.07
Median	77		75		75
Range	55-97		44-90		53-89
Primary tumor location
Head/neck	34	63	44	57	42	51	.61
Extremities	17	31	25	33	24	29	.97
Trunk	3	6	8	10	12	15	.20
Positive lymph nodes	2	4	17	22	34	41	< .0001
Clinically positive nodes	2	4	13	17	25	30	< 0.0001
Clinically negative/histologically positive nodes	0	0	4	24	9	26	1.000