The pattern of prognostic and risk indicators among women with breast cancer undergoing modified radical mastectomy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Table 2 The association between the side surgical margins and the base of the tumor

Side surgical margins positive for tumor	Base positive for tumor
	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total (%)
Yes	14 (70)	6 (10)	20 (25)
No	6 (30)	54 (90)	60 (75)
Total	20 (100)	60 (100)	80 (100)

Seventy percent (70 %) of patients with positive tumor base had positive side surgical margins (P-value 0.026, statistically significant)

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