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. 2013 Sep 11;2013:196493. doi: 10.1155/2013/196493

Table 1.

Demographic and tumor features of 332 cutaneous melanoma patients.

Variable n (%)
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.