Survival and Clinicopathologic Features of 33 Patients Having Stage III Cutaneous Melanoma
| Clinicopathologic characteristic | No. of patients | Overall survival | Disease-free survival | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | p value | % | p value | ||
| Sex | 0.07 | 0.14 | |||
| Women | 12 | 54 | 35 | ||
| Men | 21 | 90 | 75 | ||
| Age, yr | 0.19 | 0.62 | |||
| ≤ 50 | 14 | 71 | 56 | ||
| > 50 | 19 | 61 | 42 | ||
| Location of cancer* | 0.21 | 0.13 | |||
| Head and neck | 4 | 25 | 25 | ||
| Upper extremity | 3 | 50 | 50 | ||
| Lower extremity | 14 | 50 | 50 | ||
| Trunk | 11 | 50 | 60 | ||
| Histologic type* | 0.88 | 0.73 | |||
| Superficial spreading | 14 | 62 | 53 | ||
| Nodular | 6 | 68 | 41 | ||
| Acral | 6 | 81 | 25 | ||
| Ulcer* | 0.17 | 0.11 | |||
| Yes | 9 | 49 | 38 | ||
| No | 6 | 25 | 25 | ||
| Clark’s level of invasion* | 0.59 | 0.03 | |||
| I | 1 | — | — | ||
| II | 0 | — | — | ||
| III | 7 | 51 | 67 | ||
| IV | 15 | 45 | 52 | ||
| V | 1 | 100 | — | ||
| Breslow’s level of thickness, mm* | 0.99 | 0.56 | |||
| ≤ 3.00 | 20 | 57 | 44 | ||
| > 3.00 | 9 | 73 | 36 | ||
↵* For the missing patients, the information was not stated on their charts.