TABLE 1.
Clinicopathological parameters of melanoma tissue samples.
| Variables | n |
|---|---|
| Primary melanoma samples (n = 31) | |
| SSM a | 21 |
| NM b | 10 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 16 |
| Female | 15 |
| Age (years) | |
| 20–50 | 7 |
| >50 | 24 |
| Breslow thickness (mm) c | |
| <2.00 | 8 |
| 2.01-4.00 | 14 |
| >4.00 | 9 |
| Clark’s level | |
| II–III | 13 |
| IV–V | 17 |
| n.d. | 1 |
| Ulceration | |
| Absent | 18 |
| Present | 13 |
| Localisation | |
| Trunk | 15 |
| Extremities | 13 |
| Head | 3 |
| Metastasis formation d | |
| Non-metastatic | 13 |
| Metastatic | 18 |
| Melanoma metastases (n = 10) | |
| Male | 7 |
| Female | 3 |
| Age (years) | |
| 20–50 | 2 |
| >50 | 8 |
| Localization | |
| Regional lymph node | 4 |
| Regional (sub)cutaneous | 3 |
| Distant | 3 |
a
SSM, superficial spreading melanoma.
b
NM, nodular melanoma.
c
Thickness categories based on the current melanoma staging system.
d
Patients with follow-up periods of 5 years were included into the study.