Rising Incidence of Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck in the United States

Table 1

Characteristics of patients with mucosal melanoma of the head and neck identified in SEER 9 from 1987 to 2009.

	# of patients	% of total
Sex
Male	215	47.6%
Female	237	52.4%
Race
White	383	84.7%
Black	24	5.3%
Other*	44	9.7%
Unknown	1	0.2%
Age
0–19	0	0.0%
20–39	22	4.9%
40–54	50	11.1%
55–69	125	27.7%
70–84	190	42.0%
85+	65	14.4%
Site
Nasal cavity	237	52.4%
Paranasal sinuses	89	19.7%
Middle ear	2	0.4%
Total Sinonasal	328	72.6%
Oral cavity	78	17.3%
Oropharynx	13	2.9%
Nasopharynx	20	4.4%
Parotid gland	13	2.9%
Total Non-sinonasal	124	27.4%
Total	452

*Includes American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian/Pacific Islander.