Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics
From: Merkel cell carcinoma: a forty-year experience at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Characteristic, N = 533 | n (%), range |
|---|---|
Age at diagnosis, yrs | (yrs) |
Mean (sd) | 76.1 (11.9) |
Median [range] | 78 [19–98] |
Interquartile range | 69–85 |
Sex | |
Male | 315 (59) |
Female | 218 (41) |
Immunosuppressed | |
Yes | 77 (14) |
No | 456 (86) |
Other Skin Malignancy | |
Yes | 272 (77) |
No | 81 (23) |
Missing | 180 |
Sun damaged skin | |
Yes | 112 (93) |
No | 9 (7) |
Missing | 412 |
Viral Status | |
Positive | 38 (39) |
Negative | 60 (61) |
Missing | 435 |
Location of Primary | |
Head & Neck | 267 (50) |
Upper Limbs | 77 (14) |
Lower Limbs | 95 (18) |
Trunk | 24 (5) |
Unknown | 70 (13) |
Unknown primary site | |
Yes | 69 (13) |
No | 464 (87) |
Median Tumour diameter, mm, (IQR) | 15 (9–23) |
Stage (AJCC 8th edition) | |
I | 225 (43) |
II | 72 (14) |
III (A or B) | 215 (21) |
IV | 12 (2) |
Missing | 9 |
Margins | |
Negative | 288 (67) |
Positive | 145 (33) |
Missing | 100 |
Staging modality | |
Chest X-ray | 47 (10) |
CT | 286 (60) |
PET | 300 (58) |
Treatment received | |
Surgical excision alone | 34 (6) |
Surgery + RT | 393 (74) |
RT/CRT | 79 (15) |
Other | 27 (5) |