Background: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is the standard of care in clinico- radiologically negative axilla in early breast cancer cases. It’s an oncologically safe alternative to Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND), however, factors predicting sentinel node metastasis in the Indian population are lacking. Methods: A prospective observational study which recruited 80 patients with breast cancer who underwent SLNB with or without ALND, with an evaluation of predictive factors including size, type and quadrant, hormonal status of breast these characteristics were prospectively analyzed to predict the axillary metastasis and need of SLNB .
Result: Mean age of the patients included in our study was 52.4 years. On univariate analysis, size (p<0.013), upper outer quadrant (UOQ) (p<0.038), central quadrant (CQ) (0.07) were significantly associated with axillary node metastasis in T2…
