Table 1 General characteristics of intraductal carcinoma, preoperative biopsy and tumour load found in the sentinel node

From: Isolated tumour cells and micrometastases in intraductal breast cancer: a simple mechanical question in some cases

Age (years)

Lesion size (mm)

Grade

Necrosis

Diagnostic method

No. of biopsies/ punctures

No. of copies of OSNA

59

10

High

Yes

CNB

6

1200

67

15

Intermediate

Yes

CNB

4

1100

51

26

High

Yes

FNA

5

<250

66

15

High

Yes

CNB

5

800

42

30

Intermediate

No

CNB

5

360

40

35

High

Yes

CNB

8

360

49

30

Intermediate

No

CNB

4

360

  1. Abbreviations: CNB=core needle biopsy; FNA=fine needle aspiration; OSNA=one step-nucleic acid-amplification.