Which Patients Need an Axillary Clearance after Sentinel Node Biopsy?

Table 4

Major prognostic factors for non-SLN metastases in patients with minimal SLN metastases.

Feature	Author
Lymphovascular invasion	Mittendorf et al. [67],; Van Deurzen et al. [66],; Viale et al. [69],; Jinno et al. [68]
Size of SLN metastases	Barbosa et al. [40],; Van Deurzen et al. [66],; Viale et al. [69]
Primary tumour size	Barbosa et al. [40],; Van Deurzen et al. [66]
Lobular histology	Mittendorf et al. [67]
Number of positive SLN	Barbosa et al. [40],; Viale et al. [69],; Jinno et al. [68]