Incidence of nodes in completion mastectomy specimens following breast conservation and axillary clearance
Incidence of nodes in completion mastectomy specimens following breast conservation and axillary clearance
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DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-2168.2002.02203.x
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发表时间:
2002-10-01
影响因子:
9.6
通讯作者:
Webster, DJ
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作者:
Khonji, NI;Edwards, R;Webster, DJ
Results Fifty-four women met the inclusion criteria; 30 56 per cent) were node positive and 24 44 per cent) were node negative. Eleven women 20 per cent) had lymph nodes documented in the completion mastectomy pathology report. Of the 30 node-positive women, seven had nodes at completion mastectomy, compared with four of the 24 node-negative patients P= 0 55, c2 test).The mean number of nodes in the original axillary clearance was 12 5 for the whole study group, 12 0 for the 11 women who had nodes found at completion mastectomy and 12 6 for the 43 women with no nodes found in the completion mastectomy specimen P= 0 69, Student's t test). The mean number of nodes found in the 11 patients at completion mastectomy was 1 9 range 1±5). Of the 11 patients with nodes present at completion mastectomy, two had nodes involved by metastatic tumour. In one this was the only node found in the completion mastectomy specimen; in the other woman three of® ve nodes were positive. These women both had a positive axillary clearance, with one of 12 and® ve of six nodes positive respectively. Therefore neither patient was upstaged.