Research Article
Cosmetic Outcome Assessment following Breast-Conserving Therapy: A Comparison between BCCT.core Software and Panel Evaluation
Table 2
Patient and tumour characteristics.
| Patient population | Mean (range) |
| Patient age at operation (years) | 57.8 (36–83) | Tumour size (cm) | 1.8 (0.3–5.5) | (i) Palpable | 72 (66%) | (ii) Nonpalpable | 37 (34%) | Axillary surgery | | (i) SN | 73 (67%) | (ii) ALN | 36 (33%) | Side | | (i) Left | 57 (52%) | (ii) Right | 52 (48%) | Type of carcinoma | | (i) Ductal | 93 (85) | (ii) Lobular | 5 (5%) | (iii) Other | 11 (10%) | Quadrant | | (i) Lateral Upper Quadrant | 58 (53%) | (ii) Lateral Lower Quadrant | 17 (15%) | (iii) Medial Lower Quadrant | 5 (5%) | (iv) Medial Upper Quadrant | 24 (22%) | (v) Periaureolar | 4 (4%) | (vi) Missing | 1 (1%) | Boost | | (i) Yes | 92 (84%) | (ii) No | 17 (16%) | Type of surgery | | (i) PGS | 64 (59%) | (ii) WGL | 17 (15%) | (iii) USS | 28 (26%) |
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