Skip to main content

Table 5 Survival analysis according to axillary intervention

From: Partial axillary lymph node dissection inferior to the intercostobrachial nerves complements sentinel node biopsy in patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer

Parameters

SLNB

PALND

ALND

Statistics

P

(n = 72)

(n = 158)

(n = 59)

(F or X2)

Overall Survival

97.2 %

98.1 %

96.6 %

0.445

0.796

Deaths (n)

2

3

2

  

Median Survival Time (mo)

30.0

30.0

30.0

0.251

0.882

Disease-Free Survival

95.8 %

96.8 %

94.9 %

9.033

0.340

Event (n)

3

5

3

  

Local Recurrence

0

0

0

  

Contralateral breast cancer

0

2

0

  

Bone Metastasis

1

0

0

  

Lung Metastasis

0

0

1

  

Multi-Organ

2

3

2

  

Disease-Free Survival (mo)

30.0

30.0

30.0

0.303

0.860

Follow-Up Time

   

1.633

0.197

 Median (mo)

24.0

20.5

22.0

  

 Range (mo)

12-33

12-33

12-33

  
  1. SLNB sentinel lymph node biopsy, PALND partial axillary lymph node dissection, ALND axillary lymph node dissection, mo months