Table 1.

Patient and Tumor Characteristics for Subjects Having SLN Procedures

		Males	%	Females	%	Overall	%	p-value
Number of Patients		74	56	59	44	133
Average Age		60		54		57		0.04
Stage		N=50		N=38		N=88
	I	17	34	23	61	40	45	0.02
	II	26	52	11	29	37	42
	III	7	15	4	11	11	13
	IV	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tumor Type		N=12		N=11		N=23
	Lentigo	2	17	1	9	3	13	NS
	Superficial	6	50	7	64	13	57
	Spreading
	Nodular	3	25	2	18	5	23
	Acral	1	8	1	9	2	9
	Lentiginous
Breslow Thickness		N=42		N=35		N=77
T1	<0.75	8	19	5	14	13	17	0.82
T2	0.76 – 1.5	11	26	19	54	30	35	0.54
T3	1.51 – 4	18	43	9	26	27	39	0.82
T4	>4	5	12	2	6	7	9	0.22
Clarks Level		N=29		N=21		N=50
	I	1	3	1	5	2	4
	II	3	10	3	14	6	12
	III	3	10	9	43	12	24
	IV	19	66	7	33	26	52	0.01
	V	3	10	1	5	4	8

^*NS = Not Significant