Table 2 Frequency of MCT grades by tumour location
Location | All MCTs | Kiupel grade | Control groupc | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | High | |||||||
N | % | N | %a | N | %b | N | % | |
Torso | 182 | 36.9 | 146 | 80.2 | 36 | 19.7 | 620 | 27.3 |
Pelvic limb | 93 | 18.9 | 80 | 86.0 | 13 | 13.9 | 331 | 14.5 |
Head | 55 | 11.1 | 45 | 81.8 | 10 | 18.1 | 506 | 22.2 |
Thoracic limb | 55 | 11.1 | 47 | 85.4 | 8 | 14.5 | 298 | 13.1 |
Axilla | 22 | 4.4 | 8 | 36.3 | 14 | 63.6 | 47 | 2.0 |
Neck | 21 | 4.2 | 16 | 76.1 | 5 | 23.8 | 109 | 4.8 |
Scrotum | 21 | 4.2 | 9 | 42.8 | 12 | 57.1 | 8 | 0.3 |
Inguinal area | 15 | 3.0 | 4 | 26.6 | 11 | 73.3 | 13 | 0.5 |
Perineum | 12 | 2.4 | 5 | 41.6 | 7 | 58.3 | 30 | 1.3 |
Tail | 10 | 2.0 | 10 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 79 | 3.4 |
Anus | 6 | 1.2 | 3 | 50.0 | 3 | 50.0 | 230 | 10.1 |
Total | 492 | 100.0 | 373 | 75.8 | 119 | 24.1 | 2271 | 100.0 |