Table 1

Characteristics of patients with metastatic melanoma (MM) and healthy controls (HCs)

HCs
n=28
MM
n=36
Age
 Range36–6737–73
 Median5154
Gender
 Male1519
 Female1317
Primary tumour localisation
 Head and neck8
 Trunk10
 Upper limb10
 Lower limb7
 Unknown1
Classification of distant metastases
 M1a13
 M1b4
 M1c19