Table 1.

Clinicopathologic characteristics of 137 melanomas

Variables	No. of patients	%
Primary melanoma
Age
≤58	44	49
>58	46	51
Gender
Male	56	62
Female	34	38
Tumor thickness
≤2.0mm	57	63
>2.0mm	33	37
Ulceration
Absent	72	80
Present	18	20
Tumor subtype
Superficial spreading melanoma	39	43
Lentigo maligna melanoma	16	18
Nodular melanoma	13	14
Unspecified	22	25
Sitea
Sun-exposed	18	20
Sun-protected	72	80
Metastatic melanoma
Age
≤58	23	49
>58	24	51
Gender
Male	32	68
Female	15	32
American joint committee on cancer stage
I	49	36
II	37	27
III	28	20
IV	23	17

^aSun-protected sites: trunk, arm, leg and foot; Sun-exposed sites: head and neck.