Table 3 The number of patients with a primary tumour in each breast region and with SLNs in each node field
From: An interactive 3D atlas of sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer developed using SPECT/CT
Node Field | Breast Region (Reflected to the Left Side) | # Patients with SLNs in each Node Field (% of Total) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 (retroareolar) | 1 | 2 | 3 (lateral) | 4 | 5 | 6 (inferior) | 7 | 8 | 9 (medial) | 10 | 11 | 12 (superior) | ||
Axilla level I (anterior) | 87 | 66 | 164 | 69 | 44 | 31 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 42 | 41 | 48 | 671 (77.2) |
Axilla level I (central) | 37 | 19 | 59 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 253 (29.1) |
Axilla level I (lateral) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 (1.3) |
Axilla level I (posterior) | 9 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 85 (9.8) |
Axilla level I (interpectoral) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 (2.4) |
Axilla level II | 14 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 72 (8.3) |
Axilla level III | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 (0.5) |
Internal mammary | 37 | 19 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 28 | 29 | 18 | 264 (30.4) |
Supraclavicular | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 (0.6) |
Mediastinal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (0.5) |
Interval | 13 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 83 (9.6) |
Contralateral a | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.2) |
# Patients with Tumours in Each Breast Region (% of Total) | 111 (12.8) | 85 (9.8) | 199 (22.9) | 94 (10.8) | 56 (6.4) | 41 (4.7) | 31 (3.6) | 24 (2.8) | 23 (2.6) | 23 (2.6) | 56 (6.4) | 60 (6.9) | 66 (7.6) | 869 (100.0) |