Clinical Study

Breast Cancer Preoperative Staging: Does Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Mammography Modify Surgery?

Table 6

Negative versus positive nodes in the subgroups.

Double lumpectomy/Wider excision*Mastectomy*Contra lateral surgery

Negative nodes (%)
Positive nodes (%)
P value
32/325 (9.8)
25/180 (13.9)
(NS)
16/325 (4.9)
25/180 (13.9)
( 𝑃 < .0001)
10/335 (3.0)
10/190 (5.3)
(NS)

*Patients with synchronous contra lateral surgery were excluded.