Research Article
Increasing Age Is Associated with Worse Prognostic Factors and Increased Distant Recurrences despite Fewer Sentinel Lymph Node Positives in Melanoma
Table 1
Patient clinicopathologic variables, based on decade of life.
| | Variable | All patients | ≤30 yrs | 31–40 yrs | 41–50 yrs | 51–60 yrs | ≥61 yrs | | P values calculated for deciles | | | | | |
| | SLN | | | | | | | | SLN− | 1019 (81.9) | 86 (78.2) | 136 (78.6) | 221 (82.5) | 242 (80.9) | 334 (84.8) | | SLN+ | 225 (18.1) | 24 (21.8) | 37 (21.4) | 47 (17.5) | 57 (19.1) | 60 (15.2) | | | | | | | |
| | Gender | | | | | | | | Male | 742 (59.6) | 54 (49.1) | 86 (49.7) | 143 (53.4) | 199 (66.6) | 260 (66.0) | | Female | 502 (40.4) | 56 (50.9) | 87 (50.3) | 125 (46.6) | 100 (33.4) | 134 (34.0) | | | | | | | |
| | Ulcer | | | | | | | | Ulcerated | 280 (22.5) | 20 (18.2) | 28 (16.2) | 62 (23.1) | 66 (22.1) | 104 (26.4) | | No ulcer | 964 (77.5) | 90 (81.8) | 145 (83.8) | 206 (79.6) | 233 (77.9) | 290 (73.6) | | | | | | | |
| | Breslow depth (mm) (mean) | 2.45 | 2.23 | 1.82 | 2.38 | 2.40 | 2.86 | | | | | | | |
| | General site | | | | | | | | Head & Neck | 194 (15.6) | 21 (19.1) | 16 (19.2) | 31 (11.6) | 42 (14.0) | 84 (21.4) | | UE | 281 (22.6) | 21 (19.1) | 32 (18.5) | 63 (23.5) | 72 (24.1) | 93 (21.7) | | Trunk | 501 (40.3) | 47 (19.1) | 83 (48.0) | 116 (43.3) | 124 (41.5) | 131 (33.3) | | LE | 267 (21.5) | 21 (42.7) | 42 (24.3) | 58 (21.6) | 61 (20.4) | 86 (21.6) | | | | | | | |
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