Table 1.
Patient and tumor characteristics at presentation of patients with low-risk Stage IA HN MCC
| Characteristic | % Within Group∗ |
P† | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery % (n = 23) | Surgery + PORT % (n = 23) | ||
| Sex | |||
| Male (n = 23) | 60.9 (14) | 39.1 (9) | 0.24 |
| Female (n = 23) | 39.1 (9) | 60.9 (14) | |
| Race | |||
| White (n = 42) | 91.3 (21) | 91.3 (21) | — |
| Data Unavailable (n = 4) | 8.7 (2) | 8.7 (2) | |
| Age at Diagnosis | |||
| > 65 years (n = 25) | 56.5 (13) | 52.2 (12) | 1.00 |
| ≤ 65 years (n = 21) | 43.5 (10) | 47.8 (11) | |
| Primary Tumor Size | |||
| 0-1 cm (n = 39) | 91.3 (21) | 78.3 (18) | 0.41 |
| > 1 cm (n = 7) | 8.7 (2) | 21.7 (5) | |
| Subsite of Primary Tumor | |||
| Cheek (n = 20) | 30.4 (7) | 56.5 (13) | 0.52 |
| Forehead (n = 7) | 21.7 (5) | 8.7 (2) | |
| Nose (n = 4) | 8.7 (2) | 8.7 (2) | |
| Ear (n = 4) | 13.0 (3) | 4.3 (1) | |
| Eyelid (n = 3) | 4.3 (1) | 8.7 (2) | |
| Neck (n = 2) | 4.3 (1) | 4.3 (1) | |
| Lip (n = 2) | 8.7 (2) | 0.0 (0) | |
| Scalp (n = 2) | 4.3 (1) | 4.3 (1) | |
| Chin (n = 1) | 0.0 (0) | 4.3 (1) | |
| Data Unavailable (n = 1) | 4.3 (1) | 0.0 (0) | |
HN MCC, Merkel cell carcinoma of the head and neck; PORT, postoperative radiation therapy.
∗
Rounding applied.
†
P values per Fisher's exact test.