The Breast Journal

Research Article

The Oncologic Safety of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients with Node-Positive Breast Cancer with Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: A Single-Center Experience

Table 5

Pathologic evaluation of paraffin sections of sentinel lymph nodes and complementary treatment.
 n (%)Axillary dissection (ALND)
19 pts. (100)(No. of pathological lymph nodes/ No. of lymph nodes removed)
Negative10 (52.6) 
Positive  
Isolated tm. Cells2 (10.5)ALND not applied
1+2 (10.5)ALND not applied
2+3 (15.8)Underwent ALND: 3 (0/5, 0/22, 0/18)
3+1 (5.3)Underwent ALND: 1 (2/13)
5+1 (5.3)Underwent ALND: 1 (4/8)