Health-Care Delay in Malignant Melanoma: Various Pathways to Diagnosis and Treatment
Table 3
Comparison between primary health-care centers (PHC) and dermatological and other clinic groups (Derm) as related to age, sex, tumor thickness, and type.
Total
PHCs
Derm
-value
Age (yrs)
Median
60
58
60.5
0.7261
≤60 (%)
38 (53.5)
29 (54.7)
9 (50.0)
0.7292
Sex
Women (%)
53 (74.6)
30 (56.6)
8 (44.4)
0.3722
Men ( (%))
18 (25.4)
23 (43.4)
10 (56.6)
Tumor thickness (mm)
Mean/median
1.01/0.75
1.12/0.80
0.70/0.37
0.1401
>0.70 (%)
36 (50.7)
29 (54.7)
7 (38.9)
0.2462
Tumor type (%)
SSM
38 (53.5)
28 (52.8)
10 (55.6)
0.3602
NM
11 (15.5)
10 (18.9)
1 (5.6)
In situ
22 (31.0)
15 (28.3)
7 (38.9)
Mann-Whitney test. 2Chi-square test. SSM: superficial spreading melanoma, NM: nodular melanoma, PHCs: primary health-care centers, Derm: dermatological and other clinics.