TABLE 1.

Patient demographics and patterns of recurrence

	WLE	WLE + SLNB
	(n = 154)	(n = 238)	p-Value
Age, years (SD)	56.1 (15.9)	54.6 (15.7)	0.573
Female (%)	72 (46.8)	121 (50.8)	0.469
Follow-up, years (SD)	13.4 (6.3)	11.0 (4.6)	< 0.001
Breslow thickness, mm (SD)	0.82 (0.14)	0.91 (0.08)	< 0.001
Ulceration (%)	27 (17.5)	24 (10.1)	0.045
Mitosis identified (%)	104 (67%)	165 (69%)	0.708
SLNB + (%)		19 (8.0)
CLND (% of SLN+)		14 (73.7)
Nonsentinel node + (%)		0 (0)
Recurrence (%)
Local or in-transit only	5 (3.2)	3 (1.3)	0.272
Regional node only	14 (9.1)	2 (0.8)	< 0.001
Distant only	3 (1.9)	11 (4.6)	0.264
Regional node + distant	1 (0.6)	1 (0.4)	1.000
Distant total	12 (7.8)	18 (7.6)	1.000

WLE wide local excision, SLNB sentinel lymph node biopsy, SD standard deviation, CLND completion lymph node dissection