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Table 2 Table showing multiplicity and axillary lymph nodes status by the different imaging modalities in upfront surgery group

From: The additive role of dynamic contrast-enhanced and diffusion-weighted MR imaging in preoperative staging of breast cancer

Multiplicity

Multiplicity

Count

%

 Sono-mammography

Single

15/37

40.5%

Multiple

15/37

40.5%

No

7/37

18.9%

 DCE-MRI

Single

19/37

51.4%

Multiple

17/37

45.9%

No

1/37

2.7%

 Postoperative pathology

Single

24/37

64.9%

Multiple

12/37

32.4%

No

1/37

2.7%

Lymph nodes

LN status

Count

%

 SM AXLNs

Pathological

16/37

43.2%

Non specific

21/37

56.8%

 SM other LNs

Pathological

1/37

2.7%

IMLN

1/37

2.7%

 DCE-MRI AXLNs

Pathological

19/37

51.4%

Non specific

18/37

48.6%

 DCE-MRI other LNs

Pathological

1/37

2.7%

IMLNs

4/37

10.8%

 DWI-MRI LNs

Pathological

13/37

35.1%

Non specific

24/37

64.9%

 Postoperative pathology AXLNs

Pathological

15/37

40.5%

Non specific

22/37

59.4%