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Table 2 Surgical therapy for pregnancy associated breast cancer

From: Contemporary multidisciplinary treatment of pregnancy-associated breast cancer

Surgical therapy (N = 68 patients delivered live born infants, 50 patients underwent 62 surgical procedures)

Number

Percent

Surgery during pregnancy (entire cohort N = 68)

 Yes

50

73.5

 No

18

26.5

Gestational age at time of operation (N = 62)

 0-12 weeks (1st trimester)

11

17.7

 13-27 weeks (2nd trimester)

35

56.5

 28-40 weeks (3rd trimester)

16

25.8

Type of operation performed (N = 50)

 Lumpectomy

37

74.0

 Mastectomy

25

50.0

Immediate reconstruction after mastectomy (N = 25)

 Yes

8

32.0

 No

17

68.0

Sentinel node biopsy performed (N = 50)

 Yes

20

40.0

   Methylene Blue tracer

7

35.0

   Radiolabeled tracer

12

60.0

   Unknown

1

5.0