TABLE 1.
Patient demographics and tumor characteristics
| Characteristics | All patients N=351 |
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| Age at diagnosis | |
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| Median (range) | 69 (5–94) |
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| Gender (%) | |
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| Male | 250 (71.2) |
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| Cutaneous malignancies (%) | |
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| Melanoma | 300 (85.4) |
| Merkel cell carcinoma | 33 (9.4) |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 8 (2.3) |
| Sarcomaa | 2 (0.6) |
| Otherb | 8 (2.3) |
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| Tumor location (%) | |
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| Head and neck | 228 (65) |
| Trunk | |
| Back | 38 (10.8) |
| Shoulder | 37 (10.5) |
| Chest/abdomen | 13(3.7) |
| Upper Extremity | 12 (3.5) |
| Lower extremity | 10 (2.8) |
| Genital | 8 (2.3) |
| Anorectal | 5 (1.4) |
a
Includes histological subtypes clear cell and synovial sarcoma
b
Other histologies include adnexal carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and sebaceous carcinoma