Research Article

Identification, Validation, and Functional Annotations of Genome-Wide Profile Variation between Melanocytic Nevus and Malignant Melanoma

Table 1

Clinicopathological characteristics of the patients from two cohorts.

CharacteristicsFAHSU cohortTCGA cohort ()
Nevi ()Melanoma ()

(%)
Age
 ≤60 years23 (74.2)13 (41.9)258 (54.7)
 >60 years8 (25.8)18 (58.1)214 (45.3)
Gender
 Male14 (45.2)20 (64.5)297 (61.9)
 Female17 (54.8)11 (35.5)183 (38.1)
Location
 Extremity21 (67.7)24 (77.4)
 Trunk10 (32.3)7 (22.6)
Clark level
 I13 (41.9)6 (1.8)
 II15 (48.4)18 (5.5)
 III–IV3 (9.7)246 (75.5)
 V0 (0)56 (17.2)
Breslow’s depth (mm)
 ≤0.755 (16.1)36 (10.2)
 0.76-1.5010 (32.2)65 (18.4)
 1.51-4.0013 (41.9)106 (30.0)
 >4.003 (9.8)146 (41.4)
pT stage
 T1-T219 (61.3)121 (32.7)
 T3-T412 (38.7)249 (67.3)
pN stage
 N031 (100)236 (65.0)
 N10 (0)75 (20.7)
 N20 (0)52 (14.3)
pM stage
 M031 (100)424 (94.4)
 M10 (0)25 (5.6)
Pathologic stage
 I-II31 (100)233 (53.9)
 III-IV0 (0)199 (46.1)
Persistent distant metastasis
 No31 (100)217 (46.1)
 Yes0 (0)254 (53.9)
Cell atypia/atypical hyperplasia
 No31 (100)
 Yes0 (0)

FAHSU: the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University; TCGA: The Cancer Genome Atlas.