Table 1.
General characteristics of the melanoma patients before and after the onset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. No differences were observed between age and sex in the two study groups. As shown in the table, patients diagnosed with melanoma after the onset of the pandemic had a higher Breslow, a higher number of mitoses and a higher percentage of patients presented with tumors with perineural invasion. There was also a trend in these patients to have more ulcerated tumors.
| Pre-Pandemic (n = 77) | Pandemic (n = 53) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 63.31 +/− 1.88 | 65.02 +/− 2.27 | 0.56 |
| Sex (n) M F |
43 34 |
23 30 |
0.16 |
| Breslow | 1.08+/−0.28 | 2.65+/−0.34 | <0.001 |
| Ulceration (n) Yes No |
9 68 |
12 41 |
0.09 |
| Mitoses | 1.40+/−0.56 | 3.58+/−0.69 | 0.016 |
| Satellite lesions (n) Yes No |
1 76 |
3 50 |
0.16 |
| Lymphovascular invasion (n) Yes No |
1 76 |
3 50 |
0.16 |
| Perineural invasion (n) Yes No |
0 77 |
3 50 |
0.03 |
| Lymph node metastases (n) Yes No |
8 69 |
8 45 |
0.42 |
| In-transit metastases (n) Yes No |
1 76 |
3 50 |
0.16 |
| Systemic metastases (n) Yes No |
1 76 |
1 52 |
0.79 |