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Table 4 Distribution of advanced ALNM (pN2-N3) stratified by total score in the training and validation cohorts

From: Development and validation of a pre- and intra-operative scoring system that distinguishes between non-advanced and advanced axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer with positive sentinel lymph nodes: a retrospective study

Total scorea

Training cohort

Validation cohort

Patients (n)

Advanced ALNM

Patients (n)

Advanced ALNM

0

114

0

(0.0)

52

0

(0.0)

1

40

0

(0.0)

24

0

(0.0)

2

22

0

(0.0)

15

0

(0.0)

3

81

2

(2.5)

50

1

(2.0)

4

91

9

(9.9)

55

5

(9.1)

5

75

19

(25.3)

48

11

(22.9)

6

22

6

(27.3)

14

5

(35.7)

7

36

22

(61.1)

27

16

(59.3)

8

11

9

(81.8)

11

6

(54.6)

9

6

5

(83.3)

6

4

(66.7)

10

2

2

(100)

1

1

(100)

11

1

1

(100)

0

0

(0.0)

Total

501

75

(15.0)

303

49

(16.2)

  1. Data are presented as n (%)
  2. ALNM axillary lymph node metastasis
  3. aThe scoring system is summarized in Table 3