Table 1.
Patient cohort.
| IHC analysis | RNA analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of patients | 172 | 54 | ||
| Age median (years) | 60 | 67 | ||
| Samples per diagnosis | Compound naevus | 25 | 5 | |
| Intradermal naevus | 28 | 4 | ||
| Dysplastic naevus | 46 | 4 | ||
| Nodular melanoma | 48 | 15 | ||
| Superficially spreading melanoma | 32 | 5 | ||
| Acral melanoma | 9 | 1 | ||
| Metastasis | 67 | 20 | ||
| Number of patients with malignant melanoma | 68 | 21 | ||
| Median age (years) | 70 | 71 | ||
| Males | 53 | 14 | ||
| Females | 15 | 7 | ||
| Ulceration | 19 | 11 | ||
| No ulceration or not defined | 49 | 10 | ||
| Breslow | ≤1 mm | 11 | 1 | |
| 1–1.9 mm | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2–3.9 mm | 13 | 3 | ||
| >4 mm | 24 | 17 | ||
| Breslow mean | 3.6 mm | 9.2 mm | ||
| Breslow median | 2.5 mm | 6.0 mm | ||