Axillary node staging for microinvasive breast cancer: Is it justified? Journal Article
| Authors: | Lyons, J. M.; Stempel, M.; Van Zee, K. J.; Cody, H. S. 3rd |
| Article Title: | Axillary node staging for microinvasive breast cancer: Is it justified? |
| Abstract: | Background. The natural history and role of axillary staging in microinvasive breast cancer (DCISM) remains controversial. We report clinical characteristics and outcome in patients with DCISM, focusing on the role of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy. Methods. From our prospective database we retrospectively identified 112 patients with DCISM who underwent SLN biopsy between 1996 and 2004 at our institution. Median follow-up was 6 years. Results. We found positive SLN in 12 % of patients (14 of 112): macrometastasis in 2.7 % (3 of 112) and micrometastases or isolated tumor cells (ITC) in 10 % (11 of 112). We performed axillary dissection (ALND) in all patients with macrometastasis (3 of 3), finding additional positive nodes in 66 % (2 of 3), and in 27 % of those with micrometastases/ITCs (3 of 11), finding no additional positive nodes. Among 98 patients with negative SLN (38 % of whom received systemic therapy), there were 5 locoregional recurrences (1 in the ipsilateral axilla, 4 in the ipsilateral breast, all DCIS) and 4 contralateral second primary cancers. Among 14 patients with positive SLN (82 % of whom received systemic adjuvant therapy), there were no locoregional or distant recurrences. Conclusions. Our results suggest that SLN biopsy may be justified for DCISM, but is clearly most beneficial to identify a very small subset of DCISM patients (2.7 %, with SLN macrometastasis) who could benefit from systemic adjuvant therapy. The benefit of SLN biopsy for patients with SLN micrometastases/ITCs (pN0mi or pN0(i?)) is uncertain, and in these cases ALND does not appear to be warranted. We suggest a wider reappraisal of routine SLN biopsy for DCISM. © Society of Surgical Oncology 2012. |
| Keywords: | adult; human tissue; aged; cancer surgery; major clinical study; cancer recurrence; postoperative period; cancer adjuvant therapy; cancer radiotherapy; cancer staging; follow up; antineoplastic agent; lymph node dissection; sentinel lymph node biopsy; metastasis; breast cancer; mastectomy; medical record review; cancer hormone therapy; axillary lymph node; partial mastectomy; tumor cell; invasive carcinoma |
| Journal Title: | Annals of Surgical Oncology |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Issue: | 11 |
| ISSN: | 1068-9265 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Date Published: | 2012-10-01 |
| Start Page: | 3416 |
| End Page: | 3421 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1245/s10434-012-2376-5 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 22576061 |
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| Notes: | --- - "Export Date: 3 December 2012" - "CODEN: ASONF" - "Source: Scopus" |
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