Table 3

Incidence of positive non-SLN relative to size of primary tumour and size of metastasis in SLN

Primary tumour size (cm)Size of SLN metastasisNo. of patients SLN positiveNo of patients non-SLN positiveNon-SLN positive SLN postive (%)
SLN, sentinel lymph node.
≤2 cmMicrometastasis13431
≤2 cmMacrometastasis15640
>2 cmMicrometastasis2150
>2 cmMacrometastasis8788