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Table 2 Surgical and adjuvant treatment characteristics according to actually received study group (ALND vs SLNB)

From: Overview of the pathological results and treatment characteristics in the first 1000 patients randomized in the SERC trial: axillary dissection versus no axillary dissection in patients with involved sentinel node

Test

Classes

All (n = 963)

ALND (n = 443)

SLNB (n = 520)

p-value

Breast surgery Type

Mastectomy

170 (17.65)

77 (17.38)

93 (17.88)

0.8383

Conservative

793 (82.35)

366 (82.62)

427 (82.12)

 

Radiotherapy

No

38 (4.07)

19 (4.45)

19 (3.75)

0.5885

Yes

896 (95.93)

408 (95.55)

488 (96.25)

 

Chemotherapy

No

282 (29.59)

126 (28.70)

156 (30.35)

0.3482

Neoadjuvant

27 (2.83)

16 (3.64)

11 (2.14)

 

Adjuvant

644 (67.58)

297 (67.65)

347 (67.51)

 

Endocrine therapy

No

78 (10.39)

30 (8.72)

48 (11.79)

0.1691

Yes

673 (89.61)

314 (91.28)

359 (88.21)

 

Trastuzumab

No

578 (85.76)

261 (85.02)

317 (86.38)

0.6149

Yes

96 (14.24)

46 (14.98)

50 (13.62)

 
  1. P value based on Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous variables or Chi square test for categorical variables