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Table 4 Tumor characteristic and the results of intraoperative imprint cytology detection of nodal metastasis

From: Pre-operative and intra-operative detection of axillary lymph node metastases in 108 patients with invasive lobular breast cancer undergoing mastectomy

 

IIC positive

IIC negative

Cases with pN+

Cases with pN-

p-value

Underwent IIC

10

53

27

36

0.0001

Age (years)

     

 < 50

5

22

11

16

0.733

 ≥ 50

5

31

16

20

 

Palpability of breast tumor Palpable

9

38

23

24

0.429

 Non-palpable

1

15

4

12

 

Multicentic breast lesion

 No

2

24

10

16

0.175

 Yes

8

29

17

20

 

Size of lesion at surgery

 ≤ 20 mm

2

26

7

21

0.164

 > 20 mm

8

27

20

15

 

T stage

 T1

1

24

6

19

0.085

 T2

7

25

17

15

 

 T3

2

4

4

2

 

Variant of ILC

 Classic

10

48

26

32

0.583

 Pleomorphic

0

5

1

4