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Table 1 Distribution of the percentages of involved nodes and corresponding unadjusted mortality

From: Ratios of involved nodes in early breast cancer

Percentage of involved nodes (np/nx [%])

Number of patients at risk

All-cause mortality (%)

Breast cancer mortality (%)

Non-breast-cancer mortality (%)

0

58070

15.9

5.2

10.7

1–10

8695

21.6

11.7

9.9

11–20

6350

26.3

15.7

10.6

21–30

3003

30.8

19.9

10.9

32–40

2055

33.1

22.7

10.4

41–50

1487

41.0

29.6

11.4

51–60

889

37.8

28.2

9.6

61–70

719

47.0

33.7

13.4

71–80

717

50.3

40.3

10.0

81–90

658

52.6

40.4

12.2

91–100

1043

58.6

45.2

13.4

  1. np, number of pathologically involved axillary lymph nodes; nx, number of axillary lymph nodes examined (excised).