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Table 1 Rate of response to the questionnaire and number of centres performing SNB according to practice setting and breast surgery case-load

From: Sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer: is it already a standard of care? A survey of current practice in an Italian region

Variable

Total

Complete response

Centres performing SNB

  

N

%

N

%

Practice setting

     

Community

30

25

83.3

13

52.0

Regional

16

13

81.2

11

84.6

Academic

10

8

80.0

8

100.0

Annual volume of breast surgery procedures

     

≤30 cases

11

8

72.7

5

62.5

31–60 cases

20

17

85.0

10

58.8

>60 cases

25

21

84.0

17

80.9