Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of 17 patients with breast cancer undergoing a Sentinel Node biopsy and resection of the
afferent lymph vessels
| Feature | No |
| Tumour size (median) | 1.5 cm |
| Tumour type | |
| Ductal | 13 |
| Lobular | 2 |
| Mixed ductal and lobular | 1 |
| Encysted papillary carcinoma* | 1 |
| Histological grade | |
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 0 |
| Steroid receptor status | |
| Estrogen receptor positive | 15 |
| Progesteron receptor positive† | 13 |
| No of positive SNs | |
| 0 | 10 |
| 1 | 7 |
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*Encysted papillary carcinoma, no infiltrative growth pattern.
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†PR status was unknown in one patient.
