Preoperative FDG-PET/CT Is an Important Tool in the Management of Patients with Thick (T4) Melanoma

Table 1

Demographics.

Patient characteristics
Patients (𝑛)	56
Male: female (𝑛)	32 : 24
Age (mean, range)	67 yrs, (26–89 yrs)
Tumor characteristics
Median tumor thickness	6 mm, (4.1–40 mm)
Mean tumor thickness	9 mm
Tumor ulceration (𝑛)	34
Satellitosis (𝑛)	25
Location of the melanoma (𝑛,% of cases)
Trunk	16 (29%)
Extremities	28 (50%)
Head and neck	12 (21%)