Research Article
Histopathological Characteristics of Cutaneous Melanoma in Isfahan, Iran, from 2013 to 2018
Table 2
Frequency distribution of Breslow thickness and tumor invasion level.
| Variable | Number | Percent |
| Depth of tumor penetration (Breslow thickness) | <1.00 | 11 | 24.4 | 1.00–2.00 | 7 | 15.6 | 2.01–4.00 | 11 | 24.4 | >4.00 | 16 | 35.6 | Total | 45 | 100 |
| Clark’s invasion level | Level I: limited to the epidermis | 3 | 6.7 | Level II: invasion of the papillary dermis | 8 | 17.8 | Level III: filling the papillary dermis to connect the reticular dermis | 5 | 11.1 | Level IV: invasion of the reticular dermis | 19 | 42.2 | Level V: fat invasion | 10 | 22.2 | Total | 45 | 100 |
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