Research Article
Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Angiosarcomas of the Breast: An Asian Institutional Perspective
Table 1
Summary of patient characteristics.
| Characteristics | Total (n = 13) | n | % |
| Female | 13 | 100.0 | Ethnicity | | | Chinese | 8 | 61.5 | Indian | 1 | 7.7 | Malay | 1 | 7.7 | Others | 3 | 23.1 | Age at diagnosis (median (range)) | 42 (26–70) | ECOG status 0 | 13 | 100.0 | Type of angiosarcoma | | | Primary | 11 | 84.6 | Secondary | 2 | 15.4 | Tumour grade | | | 1 | 1 | 7.7 | 2 | 4 | 30.8 | 3 | 1 | 7.7 | Unknown | 7 | 53.8 | Tumour size (cm) (median (range)) | 5.0 (1.3–23.0) | Type of curative surgery | | | Nipple-sparing mastectomy | 1 | 7.7 | Radical mastectomy | 4 | 30.8 | Simple mastectomy | 3 | 23.1 | Wide excision | 1 | 7.7 | Completion mastectomy | 4 | 30.8 | Axillary lymph node dissection | | | ALND | 7 | 53.8 | SLNB | 1 | 7.7 | No dissection | 5 | 38.5 | No. of lymph nodes retrieved (median (range)) n = 6 (7 unknown/not applicable) | 13 (8–24) | Adjuvant radiotherapy | 5 | 38.5 | Adjuvant chemotherapy | 1 | 7.7 | Palliative radiotherapy | 1 | 7.7 | Palliative chemotherapy | 1 | 7.7 | Local recurrence | 1 | 7.7 | Distant recurrence | 5 | 38.5 |
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Abbreviations: ECOG, Easter Cooperative Oncology Group; ALND, axillary lymph node dissection; SLNB, sentinel lymph node biopsy.
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