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

Abbreviations: ECOG, Easter Cooperative Oncology Group; ALND, axillary lymph node dissection; SLNB, sentinel lymph node biopsy.