Clinical Study
Accuracy of Diagnostic Biopsy for Cutaneous Melanoma: Implications for Surgical Oncologists
Table 1
Demographic and tumor features of 332 cutaneous melanoma patients.
| Variable | n (%) |
| Sex | | Female | 174/332 (52%) |
| Age, years | | Mean, median, range | , 68, 20–97 |
| Primary tumor anatomic site | | Head and neck | 52/332 (16%) | Trunk | 110/332 (33%) | Extremities | 170/332 (51%) |
| Primary tumor histologic subtype | | Superficial spreading | 187/332 (56%) | Lentigo maligna | 82/332 (25%) | Nodular | 40/332 (12%) | Acral lentiginous and other | 23/332 (7%) |
| T stage primary tumor (final) | | is* | 87/332 (26%) | 1 | 141/332 (42%) | 2 | 50/332 (15%) | 3 | 29/332 (9%) | 4 | 25/332 (8%) |
| Primary tumor thickness, mean, mm** | |
| Primary tumor ulceration, present | 46/332 (14%) |
| Stage (final) | | 0 | 87/332 (26%) | 1 | 175/332 (53%) | 2 | 51/332 (15%) | 3 | 19/332 (6%) |
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*Tis refers to melanoma in situ.
**Tumor thickness calculated for patients with a final diagnosis of invasive melanoma, .
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