Prognostic Significance of the Number of Removed and Metastatic Lymph Nodes and Lymph Node Ratio in Breast Carcinoma Patients with 1–3 Axillary Lymph Node(s) Metastasis

Table 1

Clinicopathological and treatment features of the patients.

Feature	Number of patients	%
Age, years
Median	48
Range	21–79
<35	72	7.8
≥35	852	92.2
Menopausal status
Premenopausal	494	53.5
Postmenopausal	430	46.5
Tumor size
T1	281	30.5
T2	541	58.5
T3	102	11.0
Histological type
Invasive ductal	789	85.3
Invasive lobular	67	7.3
Invasive ductal and lobular	31	3.4
Other	37	4.0
Surgery
Modified radical mastectomy	828	89.6
Radical mastectomy	4	0.4
Breast-conserving	92	10.0
Adjuvant chemotherapy
Yes	814	88.1
No	110	11.9
Adjuvant hormonal therapy
Yes	642	69.5
No	282	30.5
Adjuvant radiotherapy
Yes	788	85.3
No	136	14.7