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Table 2 Distribution of melanoma subtype and pathological tumour stage (pT) at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Malawi (2012–2017)

From: Epidemiological and histopathological profile of malignant melanoma in Malawi

pT stage

ALM

NM

SSM

LM

Unclassified

TOTAL

pT1

2

0

0

1

0

3

pT2

2

0

0

0

0

2

pT3

13 (7)

3

1

0

6

23 (7)

pT4

36

8

4

0

20

68

TOTAL

53 (7)

11

5

1

26

96 (7)

  1. Legend: Pathologic tumor stage of melanomas diagnosed at Kamuzu Central Hospital between 2012 and 2017. Numbers in brackets indicate incompletely excised melanomas. pT1, pT2, pT3, pT4 correspond to ≤1.00 mm, 1.01–2.0 mm, 2.01–4.0 mm and > 4.0 mm respectively