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Table 5 Comparison of pathological results between SLNB and combined use of SLNB, suspicious lymph node biopsy

From: Improved false negative rate of axillary status using sentinel lymph node biopsy and ultrasound-suspicious lymph node sampling in patients with early breast cancer

SLNB

SLNB + USALNB

Total

 

+

-

 

+

63

0

63

-

6

145

151

Total

69

145

214

  1. SLNB: sentinel lymph node biopsy.
  2. Compared with SLNB, SLNB + USALNB had a better false negative rate (2.8% vs. 11.3%, P = 0.031).
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BMC Cancer

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