Research Article

A Predictive Model for Nonsentinel Node Status after Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Sentinel Lymph Node-Positive Chinese Women with Early Breast Cancer

Table 4

The assignment table of independent factors about non-SLN metastasis.

FactorsAssignment

Tumor size = aa = x1,x1 (cm) is the actual measured value in clinic
Multifocality = bYes = 1; No = 0
Lymphovascular invasion = cYes = 1; No = 0
Number of metastasis SLN = dd = x2, x2 is the number of metastasis SLN
Number of nonmetastasis SLN = ee = x3, x3 is the number of nonmetastasis SLN