Table 3. Patients with positive SLN, non-SLN compromise according to clinicopathological subtype.
Metastasis in SLN | Patients with ALND | Patients with nonSLN+ | ||||
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Molecular Profile | n | n | % | n | % | p* |
Luminal A | 85 | 75 | 88.2 | 31 | 41.3 | ---- |
Luminal B | 80 | 71 | 88.8 | 33 | 46.5 | 0.53 |
Luminal not specified | 23 | 20 | 87.0 | 5 | 25.0 | 0.18 |
HER2 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0.73 |
Triple negative | 15 | 14 | 93.3 | 8 | 57.1 | 0.27 |
Total | 207 | 184 | 88.9 | 79 | 42.9 |
SLN: sentinel lymph node,
non-SLN: non sentinel lymph node,
ALND: axillary lymph node dissection.
p value calculated based on chi-square test.
All profiles were compared to luminal A.