Table 1.
Variable | n (%) |
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Sex | |
Female | 174/332 (52%) |
| |
Age, years | |
Mean, median, range | 64.5 ± 0.9, 68, 20–97 |
| |
Primary tumor anatomic site | |
Head and neck | 52/332 (16%) |
Trunk | 110/332 (33%) |
Extremities | 170/332 (51%) |
| |
Primary tumor histologic subtype | |
Superficial spreading | 187/332 (56%) |
Lentigo maligna | 82/332 (25%) |
Nodular | 40/332 (12%) |
Acral lentiginous and other | 23/332 (7%) |
| |
T stage primary tumor (final) | |
is* | 87/332 (26%) |
1 | 141/332 (42%) |
2 | 50/332 (15%) |
3 | 29/332 (9%) |
4 | 25/332 (8%) |
| |
Primary tumor thickness, mean, mm** | 1.68 ± 0.16 |
| |
Primary tumor ulceration, present | 46/332 (14%) |
| |
Stage (final) | |
0 | 87/332 (26%) |
1 | 175/332 (53%) |
2 | 51/332 (15%) |
3 | 19/332 (6%) |
*Tis refers to melanoma in situ.
**Tumor thickness calculated for patients with a final diagnosis of invasive melanoma, n = 245.