Increasing Age Is Associated with Worse Prognostic Factors and Increased Distant Recurrences despite Fewer Sentinel Lymph Node Positives in Melanoma

Table 3

Regional versus distant recurrence based on decade of age, (including only SLN NEG, 𝑛=107).

Recurrence pattern	≤30 yrs	31–40 yrs	41–50 yrs	51–60 yrs	≥61 yrs	Total
𝑃=0.13	𝑛=110	𝑛=173	𝑛=268	𝑛=299	𝑛=394
Regional	1 (33.3)	7 (58.3)	7 (36.8)	6 (23.1)	13 (27.7)	34 (31.8)
Distant	2 (66.7)	5 (41.7)	12 (63.2)	20 (76.9)	34 (72.3)	73 (68.2)
Total	3	12	19	26	47	107