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Table 2 The relation of the two groups (ROLL and WGL) with different tumor size, size of resected specimen,Size of tumor/size of resected specimen ratio and agreement between radiological and surgery size

From: Comparison of wire-guided localization (WGL) and radio-guided occult lesion localization (ROLL) in localization of non-palpable breast lesions

variables

ROLL

WGL

P-value

Size of resected tissue /cm

7.21 ± 2.9

7.49 ± 2.9

 

mean ± SD

0

6

0.37

median

7

7

 

Size of tumor /cm

2.04 ± 1.5

2.20 ± 1.88

0.07

mean ± SD

   

Weight of resected tissue /g

39 ± 30.5

49 ± 50.6

0.001

mean ± SD

   

Size of tumor/size of resected tissue ratio

0.31 ± 0.26

0.31 ± 0.26

0.43

mean ± SD

0.22

0.22

 

Studied variable

Mass size by Radiology (mean ± SD)

Mass size by Surgery (mean ± SD)

Correlation coefficient

p-value of wilcoxon test

Roll

1.87 ± 0.98

2.04 ± 1.58

r = 0.08

p = 0.16

0.88

Wire

1.67 ± 0.86

2.20 ± 1.88

r = 0.2

p =  < 0.001

 < 0.001