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Table 2 Sentinel node characteristics of patients with positive metastases (n = 47)

From: The predictive value of methylene blue dye as a single technique in breast cancer sentinel node biopsy: a study from Dharmais Cancer Hospital

SN characteristic

Number

Percentage

Positive SN count

1–2

43

91.5

>2

4

8.5

Metastasis type

Macrometastases

42

89.4

Micrometastases

5

10.6

Patients with SNs only metastasis count

 

22

46.8

Patients with SN and NSN metastasis count

 

25

53.2

  1. SNs sentinel nodes, NSNs non-sentinel nodes