Axillary node metastasis in patients with Paget disease of the breast with or without a palpable mass

	Number of patients	Percent node-positive with a palpable mass	Percent node-positive in absence of a palpable mass
Paone 1981^[1]	50	64	0
Chaudary 1986^[2]	35	45	12
Eusebio 1992^[3]	45	45	0
Kollmorgen 1998^[4]	68	57	21
Sukumvanich 2007^[5]	39	45	11

References:

Paone JF, Baker RR. Pathogenesis and treatment of Paget's disease of the breast. Cancer 1981; 48:825.
Chaudary MA, Millis RR, Lane EB, Miller NA. Paget's disease of the nipple: a ten year review including clinical, pathological, and immunohistochemical findings. Breast Cancer Res Treat 1986; 8:139.
Eusebio RB, Deckers PJ. Paget's disease of the nipple-areola complex: A plea for conservatism. Contemp Surg 1992; 40:13.
Kollmorgen DR, Varanasi JS, Edge SB, Carson WE 3rd. J Am Coll Surg 1998; 187:171.
Sukumvanich P, Bentrem DJ, Cody HS 3rd, et al. The role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in Paget's disease of the breast. Ann Surg Oncol 2007; 14:1020.

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