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Table 1 Summary of results

From: Use of indocyanine green and the HyperEye system for detecting sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer within a population of European patients: a pilot study

Patient no.

cT

BMI

SLN (ICG)

Additional SLN (RI)

Histology

Note

1

1–2

25.6

1

1

ITC (1/2)

 

2

Tis

24.7

1

0

  

3

1–2

30.9

3

0

  

4

1

27.0

1

0

  

5

1

26.0

1

2

  

6

1–2

28.9

1

0

Micrometastasis

 

7

1

23.1

1

4

  

8

1

24.2

1

0

  

9

1

25.4

2

1

  

10

1

28.7

1

4

Macrometastasis

False negativity of ICG!

  1. Legend: Patient no. patient number, cT clinical stage of the primary tumour at time of diagnosis, BMI body mass index, SLN (ICG) number of sentinel lymph nodes detected using ICG, Additional SLN (RI) number of sentinel lymph nodes additionally detected using a radioisotope, Histology result of histological examination of sentinel lymph nodes, ITC isolated tumour cells