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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Apr 28;217(1):7–15. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.01.064

Table 3.

Sentinel Lymph Node Macrometastases

Criteria SLN Metastasis ≥ 6 mm, SLN Metastasis >7 mm

n 19 10

Menopausal status
 Pre 5 3
 Post 14 7

Tumor grade
 1 4 0
 2 9 5
 3 5 4

Tumor size
 T1a-b 1 0
 T1c 12 6
 T2 6 4

ER status
 Positive 18 10
 Negative 0 0

PR status
 Positive 14 7
 Negative 4 3

SLN excised
 1 2 0
 2 7 4
 3 4 3
 >3 6 2

Patients with ≥3 positive SLNs 1 0

Patients with additional + LNs on CALND
 0 10 5
 1 3 0
 2 4 3
 3 0 0
 >3 2 2

CALND, completion axillary lymph node dissection; ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor; SLN, sentinel lymph node.