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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: The application of PET-CT to post-mastectomy regional radiation therapy using a deformable image registration

 

No. of patients (%)

Involved LN

 

Level II only

28 (43%)

Level II + III

16 (25%)

Level II + III + SCN

14 (21%)

Level III + SCN

2 (3%)

Level II + SCN

5 (8%)

Biopsy positive, preoperatively

 

Yes

52 (90%)

No

6 (10%)

Clinical Stage

 

IIB

2 (3%)

IIIA

18 (28%)

IIIB

6 (9%)

IIIC

39 (60%)

The type of axillary surgery

 

Sentinel node biopsy only

11 (16.9%)

ALND (level I + II)

36 (55.4%)

ALND (level I + II + III)

12 (18.5%)

ALND (level I + II) + SCND

6 (9.2%)