Clinical Stage and Characteristics of Primary Tumors in 66 Melanoma Patients
| Characteristic | No. of patients |
|---|---|
| Clinical stage | |
| IB | 15 (23%) |
| II | 34 (51%) |
| III | 17 (26%) |
| Location | |
| Head and neck | 6 (9%) |
| Trunk | 23 (35%) |
| Extremities | 37 (56%) |
| Tumor type | |
| Superficial spreading melanoma | 20 (30%) |
| Nodular melanoma | 25 (38%) |
| Lentigo maligna melanoma | 1 (2%) |
| Unclassified/unknown | 20 (30%) |
Median tumor thickness was 3.3 mm (range, 1.0–8.0 mm).