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Table 4 Anatomical location of hot nodes on SPECT/CT

From: Redefining the clinical axillary lymph node staging using SPECT/CT in early breast cancer during SLNB

Anatomical location

Number of patients (n = 90)

Hot nodes on SPECT/CT (n = 178)

Level I

79

122

Level II

31

38

Level III

8

9

Supraclavicular

5

6*

Internal mammary

3

3

  1. *One patient presented with 2 hot supraclavicular nodes on SPECT/CT