The role of FDG-PET/CT in preoperative staging of sentinel lymph node biopsy-positive melanoma patients

EJNMMI Research

Table 1 Primary tumor characteristics

Primary tumor characteristics	No. (n = 45)^a
Location
Head and neck	1
Trunk	21
Upper extremity	7
Lower extremity	16
Melanoma type
Superficial spreading	31
Nodular	9
Acral lentiginous	3
Spitzoid	1
Undetermined	1
Clark’s level
I	0
II	1
III	4
IV	37
V	3
Breslow’s thickness
≤1.00 mm	2
1.01–2.00 mm	16
2.01–4.00 mm	23
>4.00 mm	4
Ulceration present	18
Mitoses present	20

^aOne patient had two simultaneous cutaneous tumors and, as it was unclear as to which was the primary tumor, was not included in this table