Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Total patients | 101 |
|---|---|
| Median age, years (range) | 61 (39–86) |
| Type of surgery | |
| Lumpectomy only | 5 (5.0%) |
| Lumpectomy + SNB | 81 (80.2%) |
| Lumpectomy + ALND | 6 (5.9%) |
| Lumpectomy + SNB + volume replacement (level 2) | 5 (5.0%) |
| Lumpectomy + ALND + volume replacement (level 2) | 2 (2.0%) |
| Wedge resection for Paget’s disease | 2 (2.0%) |
| Follow-up since surgery, months, median (range) | 14.9 (5–29) |
| History of breast radiotherapy | 97 (96.0%) |
| Axillary radiotherapy | 6 (5.9%) |
| Locoregional side-effectsa | |
| Any surgery or radiotherapy related | 56 (61%) |
| Radiotherapy related | 29 (32%) |
| Surgery related | 13 (14%) |
| Radiotherapy and surgery related | 14 (15%) |
| Grade 1 | 26 (28%) |
| Grade 2 | 24 (26%) |
| Grade 3 | 6 (7%) |
SNB Sentinel node biopsy, ALND Axillary lymphnode dissection
aside effects not reported in 9 patients