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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Sentinel nodes identified by computed tomography-lymphography accurately stage the axilla in patients with breast cancer

 

No. of patients

%

Age, years

  

  <50

56

30.4

  ≥50

128

69.6

Tumor size, cm

  

  ≤2

114

62.0

  >2, ≤5

65

35.3

  >5

5

 

Tumor location

  

  Upper outer

101

54.9

  Upper inner

35

19.0

  Lower outer

26

14.1

  Lower inner

9

4.9

  Central

10

5.4

  Multicentric

3

1.6

Tumor histology

  

  Invasive ductal

161

87.5

  Invasive lobular

8

4.3

  Ductal carcinoma in situ

10

5.4

  Others

5

2.7

Type of surgery

  

  Lumpectomy

178

96.7

  Mastectomy

6

3.3

Estrogen receptor

  

  Positive

150

81.5

  Negative

34

18.5

HER-2/neu

  

  Positive

28

15.2

  Negative

156

84.8