Table 1 Patient characteristics.

From: Magnetic surgical marker navigation for excision of non-palpable ultrasound visible breast lesions: first 200 cases in a French cancer center

Characteristics

Mean ± SD

N

%

Age, years

60.7 ± 12.4

200

100

 < 40

 

11

5.5

 40 ≤ age < 50

 

27

13.5

 50 ≤ age < 60

 

48

24.0

 60 ≤ age < 70

 

61

30.5

 70 ≤ age < 80

 

42

21.0

 > 80

 

11

5.5

Body mass index, kg/m2

26.9 ± 5.6

  

 < 20

 

9

4.5

 20 ≤ BMI < 25

 

63

31.5

 25 ≤ BMI < 30

 

77

38.5

 30 ≤ BMI < 35

 

36

18.0

 ≥ 35

 

15

7.5

Breast density

 A

 

10

5

 B

 

131

65.5

 C

 

56

28

 D

 

3

1.5

Preexisting cancer

22

11.0

Preoperative MRI

74

37.0

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

36

19.7

  1. MRI magnetic resonance imaging, SD standard deviation.