. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 15.

Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2010 Nov 8;117(8):1711–1720. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25643

Table 4.

Univariate analysis of primary tumor clinicopathologic variables present at initial melanoma diagnosis associated with post-B-Met survival (n=76).^*

Variable^†	n (%)	Median Survival (months)	p-value^§
Ulceration
Present	36 (47)	4.0	0.004
Absent	39 (51)	9.1
Unknown	1 (1)
Mitotic Index (mitoses/mm²)
<3 (none/few)	27 (36)	9.2	0.009
≥3 (moderate/many)	44 (58)	4.9
Unknown	5 (7)
Lymphovascular Invasion
Present	13 (17)	1.3	<0.0001
Absent	59 (78)	6.7
Unknown	4 (5)

NOTE: percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

Excludes 13 patients with melanoma of unknown primary.

^†

Only statistically significant variables are displayed.

^§

By log-rank test.