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Table 1 Patient characteristics of all patients undergoing SLN biopsy (cohort 1) and overall survival (OS)

From: The long-term results and prognostic significance of cutaneous melanoma surgery using sentinel node biopsy with triple technique

Parameter

Value

N (%)

5-year OS

95 % CI

8-year OS

95 % CI

p value log-rank test

Płeć

Female

1021 (57.9 %)

84.8

(82.2–87.4)

78.6

(74.9–82.5)

0.001

Male

743 (42.1 %)

72.3

(68.5–76.4)

66.6

(61.6–72.0)

Tumor type

NM

695 (39.4 %)

74.0

(70.2–78.0)

67.5

(62.8–72.5)

0.0001

SSM

516 (29.25 %)

87.1

(83.7–90.6)

82.2

(77.0–87.9)

ALM

44 (2.49 %)

65.0

(51.0–82.8)

65.0

(51.0–82.8)

LMM

122 (6.92 %)

84.3

(76.6–92.7)

77.5

(66.7–90.1)

Other

9 (0.51 %)

83.3

(58.3–100.0)

83.3

(58.3–100.0)

NA

378 (21.43 %)

80.0

(75.0–85.4)

73.2

(66.1–81.0)

Clark level

2

253 (14.34 %)

90.7

(86.3–95.3)

84.2

(77.0–92.2)

0.001

3

818 (46.37 %)

86.1

(83.3–89.0)

78.8

(74.5–83.4)

4

490 (27.78 %)

68.7

(63.8–73.9)

65.4

(60.1–71.3)

5

110 (6.24 %)

54.7

(44.9–66.6)

47.2

(36.2–61.5)

NA

93 (5.27 %)

78.9

(69.7–89.3)

78.9

(69.7–89.3)

Ulceration of primary tumor

0

931 (52.78 %)

90.4

(88.1–92.7)

84.8

(81.0–88.8)

0.001

1

713 (40.59 %)

65.7

(61.7–70.0)

58.9

(54.1–64.3)

NA

115 (6.63 %)

79.5

(70.9–89.1)

76.5

(66.8–87.7)

Extracapsular involvement of sentinel node metastases

0

321

62.4

(56.7–68.7)

54.2

(47.5–61.7)

0

1

96

33.8

(25.1–45.6)

27.0

(18.6–39.2)

NA

1341

88.6

(86.4–90.7)

84.2

(81.0–87.4)

Mitotic index

<1/mm2

123 (15.28 %)

92.9

(86.0–100.0)

92.9

(86.0–100.0)

0.002

1/mm2

142 (17.64 %)

89.9

(81.2–99.5)

89.9

(81.2–99.5)

2–5/mm2

262 (32.55 %)

88.3

(83.3–93.6)

84.7

(78.0–92.0)

>5/mm2

278 (34.53 %)

63.1

(56.4–70.7)

61.6

(54.5–69.7)

Breslow thickness

≤1 mm

343 (19.44 %)

94.2

(91.0–97.4)

88.7

(82.7–95.2)

0.001

1.01–2.00 mm

449 (25.45 %)

91.5

(88.5–94.7)

87.8

(83.1–92.8)

2.01–4.00 mm

519 (29.42 %)

75.6

(71.1–80.3)

68.0

(61.8–74.7)

>4 mm

398 (22.56 %)

60.8

(55.5–66.6)

54.4

(48.4–61.0)

NA

55 (3.12 %)

75.4

(62.8–90.4)

70.9

(57.1–88.1)

Sentinel node metastases

No

1413 (80.10 %)

86.3

(84.1–88.5)

80.4

(77.1–83.9)

0.001

Yes

351 (19.9 %)

55.6

(50.1–61.9)

49.8

(43.7–56.8)

All patients

1764

79.5

(77.2–81.8)

73.5

(70.5–76.7)