Table 1.
Demographic data
| Variable | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Female | 10 | 28 |
| Male | 26 | 72 |
| Race | ||
| Asian | 2 | 6 |
| Black | 3 | 8 |
| White | 28 | 78 |
| Hispanic | 3 | 8 |
| Site | ||
| Lower extremity | 21 | 58 |
| Upper extremity | 8 | 22 |
| Trunk | 6 | 17 |
| Head and neck | 1 | 3 |
| AJCC stage | ||
| IIA | 11 | 31 |
| III | 25 | 69 |
| Depth | ||
| Superficial | 12 | 33 |
| Deep | 24 | 67 |
| Surgical margin | ||
| R0 | 30 | 83 |
| R1 | 6 | 17 |
| Chemotherapy | ||
| No | 23 | 64 |
| Yes | 13 | 36 |
| Radiation | ||
| Yes | 16 | 44 |
| No | 20 | 56 |
AJCC = American Joint Commission on Cancer; R0 = complete resection with negative margins; R1 = removal of all macroscopic disease but with microscopically positive margins.