Table 3.
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) |