Research Article
MHC Class I Chain-Related Gene A Diversity in Patients with Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma from Southeastern Spain
Table 1
Demographic data and histological and clinical characteristics of melanoma patients at diagnosis.
| Demographic data | Controls
| Melanoma patients
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| Age (years)a | 51 ± 17 | 53 ± 15 | Gender | | | Male | 92 | 112 | Female | 108 | 121 |
| Histological and clinical characteristics | | (%) |
| Histological subtypes | | | SSM | | 162 (69) | NM | | 29 (12) | LMM | | 16 (7) | ALM | | 13 (6) | Melanoma “in situ” | | 11 (5) | DM | | 1 (0.5) | SM | | 1 (0.5) | Clinical characteristics | | | Tumor thickness | | | ≤1 mm | | 128 (55) | >1 mm | | 104 (45) | Ulceration at primary lesion | | | Yes | | 44 (20) | No | | 173 (80) | SLN metastasis | | | Yes | | 22 (16) | No | | 119 (84) |
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SSM: superficial spreading melanoma; NM: nodular melanoma; LMM: lentigo maligna melanoma; ALM: acral lentiginous melanoma; DM: desmoplastic melanoma; SM: spitzoid melanoma; SLN: sentinel lymph node. aMean ± SD.
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