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False negative rate and accuracy according to the number of dissected SLNs
SLN=sentinel lymph node.
*The proportion of patients with negative SLN findings on frozen or permanent sections who were subsequently found to have disease in the axillary lymph nodes on axillary lymph node dissection (ALND); †All patients (positive or negative findings of sentinel lymph node biopsy) for whom the sentinel lymph node biopsy correctly predicted the ALND results.
