TABLE I.
Patient Demographics and Clinicopathologic Characteristics (N = 23)
| Age (years) | No. of Patients (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Median (range) | 10 (2–20) | |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 15 | |
| Male | 8 | |
| Race | ||
| White | 17 | |
| Black | 2 | |
| Other | 3 | |
| Unknown | 1 | |
| Primary Tumor Site | ||
| Extremity | 10 | |
| Trunk | 8 | |
| Head and Neck | 6 | |
| Histology | ||
| Spitzoida | 10 | |
| Nodular | 5 | |
| Superficial spreading | 5 | |
| Otherb | 3 | |
|
Breslow Thickness (mm)
(n=15) |
||
| Median (range) | 3.4 (1.2-7.8) | |
|
No. of involved lymph
nodes |
||
| Median (range) | 1 (0-3) | |
| Ulceration | ||
| Present | 10 | |
| Absent | 13 | |
| Stagec | ||
| IIC | 2 | |
| IIIA | 11 | |
| IIIB | 10 | |
a
Spitzoid neoplasms, biologically indeterminate;
b
Epitheliod (1), spindle cell (1), indeterminate (1);
c
2002 American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging System