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Table 1 Grouping based on the number of SLNs

From: Prospective study found that peripheral lymph node sampling reduced the false-negative rate of sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer

ALN status

No. of patients

No. of SLNs

1

2

3

≥4

Negative ALNs

376

112

111

89

64

Positive ALNs

 SLN(+) and nSLN(+)

72

19

22

14

17

 SLN(+) and nSLN(–)

100

18

33

24

25

 SLN(–) and PLN(+)

11

7

3

1

0

 SLN(–) and PLN(–)

8

2

3

2

1

 Total

567

158

172

130

107

  1. Abbreviations: SLN sentinel lymph node, ALN axillary lymph node, nSLN non-sentinel lymph node, PLN peripheral lymph node
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Cancer Communications

ISSN: 2523-3548

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