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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Oncol. 2016 Jan 22;113(5):496–500. doi: 10.1002/jso.24184

Table 3.

Surgical management and treatment data for women with primary breast cancer (1996-2012) AGES 40-49

Variable Screened (%)
(n=979)
Non-screened
(%) (n=470)
P-value
Lymph Node Surgery <0.0001
 No nodes removed 301 (30.8) 96 (20.4)
 Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy 208 (21.3) 63 (13.4)
 Regional nodes removed 457 (46.7) 308 (65.5)
 Unknown 13 (1.3) 3 (0.6)
Nodal Disease <0.0001
 All nodes negative 478 (48.8) 197 (41.9)
 Positive nodes found 219 (22.4) 204 (43.4)
 No nodes examined 274 (28.0) 61 (13.0)
 Unknown 8 (0.8) 8 (1.7)
Surgical Management of Tumor <0.0001
 None 39 (4.0) 44 (9.4)
 Breast Conservation Surgery 681 (69.6) 276 (58.7)
 Total mastectomy 248 (25.3) 146 (31.1)
 Unknown 11 (1.1) 4 (0.9)