TABLE 4
FROM:
Guideline adherence for early breast cancer before and after introduction of the sentinel node biopsy
M Schaapveld, E G E de Vries, R Otter, J de Vries, W V Dolsma and P H B Willemse
BACK TO ARTICLETable 4. Guideline adherence for axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) and radiotherapy (RT) in breast cancer treatment, by type of surgery, age and period of diagnosis
| Therapy not according to guideline | Therapy according to guideline | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No ALND | No RT | No RT and no ALND | Total | ||||||
| Type of surgery | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N |
| BCS | |||||||||
| Total | 88 | 1.6 | 133 | 2.4 | 60 | 1.1 | 5296 | 95.0 | 5577 |
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| <50 | 14 | 0.8 | 38 | 2.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 1665 | 96.9 | 1718 |
| 50–69 | 60 | 1.9 | 55 | 1.8 | 12 | 0.4 | 2952 | 95.9 | 3079 |
| 70–74 | 4 | 0.8 | 14 | 2.9 | 7 | 1.5 | 453 | 94.8 | 478 |
| 75+ | 10 | 3.3 | 26 | 8.6 | 40 | 13.2 | 226 | 74.8 | 302 |
| Year of diagnosis | |||||||||
| 1989–1991 | 1 | 0.1 | 23 | 3.0 | — | — | 745 | 96.9 | 769 |
| 1992–1994 | 1 | 0.1 | 30 | 3.3 | 3 | 0.3 | 863 | 96.2 | 897 |
| 1995–1997 | 8 | 0.8 | 6 | 0.6 | 8 | 0.8 | 1027 | 97.9 | 1049 |
| 1998–2000 | 22 | 1.4 | 32 | 2.1 | 32 | 2.1 | 1445 | 94.4 | 1531 |
| 2001–2002 | 56 | 4.2 | 42 | 3.2 | 17 | 1.3 | 1216 | 91.4 | 1331 |
| MRM | |||||||||
| Total | 116 | 1.5 | 628 | 7.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 7209 | 90.6 | 7955 |
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| <50 | 12 | 0.7 | 185 | 10.5 | — | — | 1558 | 88.8 | 1755 |
| 50–69 | 17 | 0.5 | 229 | 6.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 3319 | 93.1 | 3566 |
| 70–74 | 9 | 0.9 | 60 | 6.2 | — | — | 903 | 92.9 | 972 |
| 75+ | 78 | 4.7 | 154 | 9.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 1429 | 86.0 | 1662 |
| Year of diagnosis | |||||||||
| 1989–1991 | 23 | 1.7 | 74 | 5.4 | — | — | 1279 | 93.0 | 1376 |
| 1992–1994 | 19 | 1.1 | 158 | 8.9 | — | — | 1593 | 90.0 | 1770 |
| 1995–1997 | 18 | 0.9 | 178 | 9.4 | — | — | 1706 | 89.7 | 1902 |
| 1998–2000 | 28 | 1.6 | 120 | 6.9 | — | — | 1586 | 91.5 | 1734 |
| 2001–2002 | 28 | 2.4 | 98 | 8.4 | 2 | 0.2 | 1045 | 89.1 | 1173 |
