Axillary Dissection in Breast Cancer Patients with Metastatic Sentinel Node: To Do or Not to Do? Suggestions from Our Series

Table 5

Axillary recurrences.

		No. PTS	ARA*	ARR	ARM	Total	%
No ALND	SLN-	861	8	3	3	14	1,6%
	SLN = (ITC)	60	1	1	1	3	5,0%
	SLN = pN1mi	20	0	0	0	0	—
	SLN = pN1a	4	0	0	0	0	—
	SLN not id	8	0	0	0	0	—
ALND	SLN = pN1mi	95	0	0	0	0	—
	SLN = pN1a	204	0	0	1	1	0,5%
	FNAC +	239	0	0	1	1	0,4%
	SLN not id	40	0	0	0	0	—
	SLN before 2005	57	0	0	1	1	1,8%
		1588	9	4	7	22

*ARA: axillary recurrences alone; ARR: axillary recurrences within regional recurrences; ARM: axillary recurrences within metastases.