Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population.

From: Surgical outcomes of localization using indocyanine green fluorescence in breast conserving surgery: a prospective study

Characteristics

Total

ICG-F + SONO

SONO

p value

(n = 414)

n (%)

(n = 114)

n (%)

(n = 300)

n (%)

Mean age (years)

54.1 ± 10.07

52.43 ± 9.75

54.73 ± 10.13

0.04

Tumor size (cm)

1.5 (0.1–7.5)

1.3 (0.1–5.0)

1.6 (0.1–7.5)

< 0.01

Histologic type

DCIS

50 (12.1)

12 (10.5)

38 (12.7)

0.55

Invasive

364 (87.9)

102 (89.5)

262 (87.3)

 

Axillary surgery

NA

15 (3.6)

7 (6.1)

8 (2.7)

0.14

SLNB/ALNS

399 (96.4)

107 (93.9)

292 (97.3)

 

Pathologic T stage

Tis

50 (12.1)

12 (10.5)

38 (12.7)

< 0.01

T1

259 (62.6)

85 (74.6)

174 (58.0)

 

T2

105 (25.4)

17 (14.9)

88 (29.3)

 

Pathologic N stage

Nx

15 (3.6)

7 (6.1)

8 (2.7)

0.01

N0

323 (78)

96 (84.2)

227 (75.7)

 

N1

66 (15.9)

11 (9.7)

55 (18.3)

 

N2

9 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

9 (3.0)

 

N3

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

 

ER

Negative

81 (19.6)

16 (14.0)

65 (21.7)

0.08

Positive

333 (80.4)

98 (86.0)

235 (78.3)

 

PR

Negative

138 (33.3)

34 (29.8)

104 (34.7)

0.35

Positive

276 (66.7)

80 (70.2)

196 (65.3)

 

HER 2

Negative

137 (33.1)

96 (84.2)

101 (33.7)

0.51

Equivocal

143 (34.5)

16 (14.0)

99 (33.0)

 

Positive

72 (17.4)

0 (0.0)

51 (17.0)

 

NA

62 (15.0)

2 (1.8)

49 (16.3)

 
  1. ICG-F indocyanine green fluorescence, SONO sonography, DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ, NA not access, SLNB sentinel lymph node biopsy, ALNS axillary lymph node sampling, T tumor, N nodal, ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2.