Table 3.

Descriptive statistics illustrating treatment strategies based on nodal status.

Parameter	Node negative on SLNB (N = 203)	Node positive on SLNB (N = 50)	P-value
Primary surgery
BCS	180	38	.063
Mastectomy	23	11
Adjuvant chemotherapy
Underwent treatment	31	20	<.001*†
Did not undergo treatment	172	30
Adjuvant radiotherapy
Underwent treatment	140	33	.798
Did not undergo treatment	73	17
Completion ALND
Underwent treatment	0	19	<.001*†
Did not undergo treatment	203	31

Abbreviations: ALND, axillary lymph node dissection; BCS, breast conservation surgery; SLNB, sentinel lymph node biopsy.

SLNB; Sentinel lymph node biopsy, BCS; Breast conservation surgery, ALND; axillary lymph node dissection.

^†denotes Fisher’s exact test.

^*denotes statistical significance.