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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 26.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Sep 19;17(0 3):280–285. doi: 10.1245/s10434-010-1235-5

TABLE 4.

Likelihood of sentinel node metastatic involvement based on blue dye and isotope uptake: analysis of the 1,484 sentinel nodes removed from 496 patients who underwent dual-agent mapping and had a positive SLN

No. of SLN
N = 1,484 (%)		 No. of positive SLN
N = 620 (%)		 p Value
Blue only 65 (4.4) 24 (3.9) <0.0001
Hot only 492 (33.1) 117 (18.9)
Blue and hot 927 (62.5) 479 (77.3)

Positive SLN included any SLN that was positive by routine H&E or IHC staining to include those with isolated tumor cells [pN0(i+)]