乳腺癌新辅助化疗后前哨淋巴结活检术的研究

目的 探讨乳腺癌病人新辅助化疗后前哨淋巴结活检的可行性。方法对2003年11月至2004年10月住院治疗中的57例Ⅱ、Ⅲ期乳腺癌病人行新辅助化疗后，临床检查腋窝淋巴结阴性行前哨淋巴结活检术（SLNB）。结果57例中检出前哨淋巴结（SLN）53例，检出率93．0％。SLN对腋窝淋巴结状况预测的敏感性为89．7％，特异性为100．0％，准确性为94．3％，阳性预测值为100．0％，阴性预测值为88．9％，假阴性率为5．7％。肿瘤对化疗反应为CR（完全缓解）、PR（部分缓解）和SD（稳定）的SLN检出率分别为100．0％、96．7％和70．0％（P〈0．01）。SLN假阴性3例均为腋窝淋巴结转移数〉4个者。结论Ⅱ、Ⅲ期乳腺癌实施新辅助化疗后。行SLNB可获得与早期乳腺癌SLNB相似的效果。     

乳腺癌新辅助化疗后腋窝淋巴结的变化

目的评价新辅助化疗对乳腺癌腋窝淋巴结的影响。方法45例Ⅱ、Ⅲ期乳腺癌接受新辅助化疗后手术(新辅助化疗联合手术组),根据体检、B超及钼靶像计数腋窝淋巴结总数和阳性、阴性淋巴结数,与未行新辅助化疗直接手术治疗的79例乳腺癌(直接手术组)比较,观察腋窝淋巴结的变化。结果新辅助化疗联合手术组检出腋窝总淋巴结和阳性淋巴结为(16.9±5.9)枚和(2.5±2.2)枚,显著低于直接手术组的(20.8±8.0)枚和(3.9±3.0)枚(t=-2.856,P=0.005;t=2.790,P=0.006),2组阴性淋巴结分别为(14.4±5.4)枚和(16.7±7.0)枚,无统计学差异(t=-1.904,P=0.055)。新辅助化疗联合手术组40例随访6~19个月,平均10个月;直接手术组67例随访7~21个月,平均12个月,2组各有4例复发。结论乳腺癌经新辅助化疗后行腋窝淋巴结清扫所检出的淋巴结总数和阳性淋巴结数减少。     

乳腺癌内乳区前哨淋巴结活检术研究进展

内乳区淋巴结的转移状况是乳腺癌的独立预后指标,也：是乳腺癌淋巴分期的重要依据之一。内乳区淋巴结转移的患者预后较差。随着前哨淋巴结活检技术的不断发展和新型注射技术的出现,内乳区前哨淋巴结活检的显像率显著提高,经肋间行内乳区前哨淋巴结活检术可以最小的风险评估内乳区淋巴结状况,并进一步完善乳腺癌的淋巴结分期．有助于为患者制定更为准确的个体化治疗方案。     

Sentinel lymph node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in a patient with operable breast cancer

PURPOSE: This study was undertaken to assess the feasibility of performing a sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for a patient with operable breast cancer after undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). METHOD: Between January 2002 and December 2003, women with primary breast cancer who had a breast tumor measuring larger than 3 cm in unilateral diameter were eligible for NAC. All patients who had completed NAC underwent lymphatic mapping with labeled (99m)Tc phytate on the day before surgery. Sentinel lymph node biopsy followed by a full axillary lymph node (AXLN) dissection (ALND) was performed in all patients. Sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) were sent for a frozen-section examination. RESULTS: The rate of SLN identification was 71%. Both the sensitivity and negative predictive value of SLNB were 100%. The false negative rate was 0%. When candidates for SLNB were restricted to patients with a breast tumor measuring less than 3 cm and clinically negative nodes after NAC, the rate of SLN identification increased to 93% from 71% while still maintaining the 0% false negative rate. CONCLUSION: Sentinel lymph node biopsy after NAC is therefore considered to be a feasible and accurate method to predict the AXLN status in patients who have a breast tumor measuring less than 3 cm in unilateral diameter and a clinically negative AXLN status at the time of surgery after NAC.     

Advantage of sentinel lymph node biopsy before neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer treatment

Lymph node status is a key factor in determining the stage of breast cancer and the most appropriate therapy and for predicting the outcome of patients. Accurate identification of sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) preoperatively is of clinical importance. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) causes less lymph edema of the upper arm than axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) with a high accuracy rate and low false-negative rate (FNR). Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) can be given not only to patients with locally advanced breast cancer, but also to those with axillary lymph node metastasis and an operable tumor. However, SLNB after NAC results in a lower identification rate and a higher FNR than SLNB before treatment. Recently, a hybrid imaging device has been developed, which consists of single photon emission computed tomography (CT, SPECT) and a low-dose CT installed on the same platform. This imaging system offers an easy and safe method of performing SLNB under local anesthesia. To identify the initial cancer stage in patients who will be treated by systemic therapy before surgery, SLNB should be performed prior to systemic treatments, using a well-developed navigating tool, such as SPECT/CT.     

Analysis of sentinel lymph node mapping with immediate pathologic review in patients receiving preoperative chemotherapy for breast carcinoma

Background Sentinel lymph node mapping (SLNM) and neoadjuvant chemotherapy are becoming established components of therapy for selected patients with breast carcinoma. However, neoadjuvant therapy has been considered a relative contraindication to SLNM. In an effort to learn whether patients who have received preoperative chemotherapy can undergo accurate SLNM, we evaluated our experience with this technique. Methods From January 1997 to June 2000, SLNM and axillary lymph node dissection were concurrently performed in 35 patients who received preoperative chemotherapy. Mapping was performed with^99mTc sulfur colloid only in one patient and Lymphazurin dye only in 15 patients, and the two methods were combined in the remainder. Results SLNM successfully identified a sentinel lymph node in 30 (86%) patients. Metastatic disease was identified in the sentinel lymph nodes of four patients during surgery. The intraoperative pathologic diagnosis proved to be correct in 19 (79%) of 24 patients. The final pathologic diagnosis of the sentinel lymph node reflected the status of the axillary contents in all patients in whom it was identified. Conclusions These results demonstrate that SLNM can be consistently performed in patients receiving preoperative chemotherapy for breast cancer, suggesting the utility of this technique in this patient populations. Presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Washington, DC, March 15–18, 2001.     

前哨淋巴结活检对乳腺癌新辅助化疗后腋窝状况评估中的价值

目的 研究前哨淋巴结活检在乳腺癌新辅助化疗后的临床应用价值。方法 选择我院2007年9月至2010年11月期间收治的46例Ⅱ、Ⅲ期乳腺癌患者,接受新辅助化疗后超声检查腋窝淋巴结阴性者为研究对象。所有患者前哨淋巴结活检后行乳腺癌改良根治术及标准腋窝淋巴结清扫,所有前哨淋巴结行病理和免疫组化检查,非前哨淋巴结行常规病理检查。结果 前哨淋巴结活检的成功率、假阴性率、灵敏度、特异性、精确性、阳性预测值、阴性预测值分别是93.5%,3.7%,96.3%,100%,97.7%,100%,94.1%。结论 前哨淋巴结活检结合超声可以较准确的评价新辅助化疗后乳腺癌的腋窝淋巴结状态,对于决定患者是否需要行腋窝淋巴结清扫有一定参考价值。     

Results of tailored treatment for breast cancer patients with internal mammary lymph node metastases

Although the internal mammary (IM) lymph node status is a major prognostic factor in breast cancer, IM nodal staging is not common practice. In order to improve nodal staging, we have routinely performed IM sentinel node (SN) biopsy and have adjusted adjuvant treatment accordingly. We reviewed the outcome of these patients. Data from 764 patients were available for follow-up. A total of 406 patients had no lymph node metastases (group 1), 330 patients had axillary metastases (group 2), 7 patients had IM metastases only (group 3) and 21 patients had both axillary and IM metastases (group 4). Mean follow-up was 46 months. Prognosis did not appear to be worse for patients with IM metastases compared to those with axillary metastases only, which might indicate that they benefit from improved staging and tailored adjuvant treatment algorithms. However, long-term follow-up data, preferably in larger series, are needed to support our findings.     

乳腺癌新辅助化疗后蓝染法行前哨淋巴结活检术的临床分析

【摘要】 目的 研究乳腺癌患者新辅助化疗后蓝染法行前哨淋巴结活检术(SLNB)的可行性。方法〓回顾性分析2012年1月至2015年6月初诊于广西柳州市工人医院普外四病区的IIA-IIIB期乳腺癌患者69例。所有患者均接受新辅助化疗,疗程4~8个周期,分析新辅助化疗后蓝染法行SLNB的检出率、假阴性率。结果〓入组患者SLNB检出率为85.5%,假阴性率为18.2%;SLNB的检出率因腋窝淋巴结状态不同而存在统计学差异,在不同肿瘤的大小、肿瘤位置、患者年龄和SLNB时注射染料位置无统计学差异,假阴性率在上述不同分组中均无统计学差异。结论〓NAC后蓝染法SLNB可应用于治疗前腋窝淋巴结阴性的乳腺癌患者;对于治疗前腋窝淋巴结阳性的患者则存在风险。增加SLN检出数目可增加NAC后行SLNB的可靠性。     

Internal mammary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer: predictive models to assist with prognostic influence

Background

Metastatic breast cancer in the internal mammary nodes (IMN) indicates a poor prognosis. Several recent epidemiological surveys have determined a reduction in survival for patients with medial compared to lateral sector tumors attributing this to a higher rate of unrecognized IMN metastasis and hence these patients are undertreated with adjuvant therapy. ^{[1], [2], [3], [4], [5] and [6]}

Aim

Through mathematical modeling based on large datasets we aim to quantify the impact on survival of IMN metastases at different tumor and axillary stages.

Methods

Mathematical models were created to estimate the survival of patients with and without IMN metastasis. It was assumed that the different rate of survival between medial and lateral sector breast cancers was a result of the differential rate of unrecognized IMN metastases with resultant under-staging and under treatment. We applied these models on a retrospective database analysis from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End-Results (SEER) registries from 1994 to 2003.

Results

The 10-year odds of death (OOD) from breast cancer for patients with medial compared with lateral sector tumors ranged from 1.2 to 1.5 depending on stage. The predicted odds of breast cancer death for patients with unrecognized IMN metastases ranged from 2.4 to 20, with the highest OOD in the groups with small tumors and no axillary node metastasis.

Conclusions

Through modeling we have been able to predict and quantify the significantly worse survival outcomes for patients with undiagnosed IMN metastasis.     

乳腺癌非前哨淋巴结转移的危险因素研究

目的:探讨腋窝前哨淋巴结(SLN)阳性的乳腺癌患者非前哨淋巴结(NSLN)转移的影响因素,并对美国纪念斯隆-凯特琳癌症中心(MSKCC)预测模型的临床应用价值进行验证。方法:收集山西白求恩医院乳腺外科2012年3月至2019年9月142例SLN阳性临床早期乳腺癌,Logistic回归分析NSLN阳性组和阴性组间各临床病...     

Considerations for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer patients with biopsy proven axillary disease prior to neoadjuvant treatment

Background

Axillary disease can be downstaged with neoadjuvant treatment for breast cancer. We attempted to identify factors to consider in determining whether to perform a sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with biopsy proven axillary metastases (cN+) prior to neoadjuvant treatment.

Sentinel lymph node surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with T2 to T4, N0 and N1 breast cancer

BackgroundHistological status of axillary lymph nodes is an important prognostic factor in patients receiving surgery for breast cancer (BC). Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy (B) has rapidly replaced axillary lymph node dissection (ALND), and is now the standard of care for axillary staging in patients with clinically node-negative (N0) operable BC. The aim of this study is to compare pretreatment lymphoscintigraphy with a post primary systemic treatment (PST) scan in order to reduce the false-negative rates for SLNB.MethodsIn this single-institution study we considered 170 consecutive T2-4 N0-1 M0 BC patients treated with anthracycline-based PST. At the time of incisional biopsy, we performed sentinel lymphatic mapping. After PST, all patients repeated lymphoscintigraphy with the same methodology. During definitive surgery we performed further sentinel lymphatic mapping, SLNB and ALND.ResultsThe SLN was removed in 158/170 patients giving an identification rate of 92.9% (95% confidence interval (CI) = 88.0–96.3%) and a false-negative rate of 14.0% (95% CI = 6.3–25.8%). SLNB revealed a sensitivity of 86.0% (95% CI = 74.2–93.7%), an accuracy of 94.9% (95% CI = 90.3–97.8%) and a negative predictive value of 92.7% (95% CI = 86.1–96.8%).ConclusionIdentification rate, sensitivity and accuracy are in accordance with other studies on SLNB after PST, even after clinically negative node conversion following PST. This study confirms that diagnostic biopsy and neoadjuvant chemotherapy maintain breast lymphatic drainage unaltered.     

乳腺癌新辅助化疗后前哨淋巴结活检的初步研究

目的研究乳腺癌新辅助化疗后前哨淋巴结活检（SLNB）的可行性和效果。方法利用新型示踪剂——^99mTc-利妥昔配合专利蓝染料对60例原发性乳腺癌新辅助化疗后病例进行SLNB，并对SLN进行常规病理检查和免疫组织化学检查。SLNB后常规腋窝淋巴结清扫。结果SLN检测成功率95％（57／60）。SLN转移阳性23例（40％），其中18例为常规病理检查转移阳性（78％），5例为免疫组织化学检出的微转移（22％）。23例SLN有转移病例中，9例同时存在其他腋窝淋巴结转移，另外14例为惟一转移淋巴结。1例SLN转移假阴性。灵敏度96％（23／24），准确性98％（56／57），特异度100％（33／33），假阴性率4．3％（1／23），阴性预测值97％（36／37），阳性预测值100％（24／24）。内乳淋巴结显像11例，活检病理检查均为转移阴性。结论同位素示踪剂和蓝染料联合检测方法对原发性乳腺癌新辅助化疗后进行SLNB同样适用，内乳前哨淋巴结活检不应做常规推荐。     

Predictors of nonsentinel lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients

BACKGROUND: In order to define a future subset of breast cancer patients in whom the axilla may be staged by sentinel lymph node biopsy alone, the conditions under which nonsentinel axillary lymph node metastases occur must be delineated. METHODS: A prospective database including 212 breast cancer patients who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy followed by completion axillary dissection at our institution was reviewed. A multivariate, logistic, stepwise regression was performed to evaluate the relationship between nonsentinel lymph node metastasis and patient age, primary tumor size, presence of lymphatic invasion, use of radioisotope to identify the sentinel node and degree of metastasis in the sentinel node. RESULTS: Tumor size greater than 2 cm, lymphatic invasion of the primary tumor, macrometastasis in the sentinel node, and use of radioisotope all positively correlated independently with metastasis in the nonsentinel lymph node (P = 0.0001, P = 0.0483, P = 0.0008, P = 0.0271, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Predictors of nonsentinel axillary node metastasis exist and are important in defining those patients in whom a sentinel lymph node biopsy alone may not be adequate.     

Level III axillary lymph nodes involvement in node positive breast cancer received neoadjuvant chemotherapy

ObjectiveTo investigate the incidence, associated factors and prognosis of level III node involvement for breast cancer with positive axillary lymph nodes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.MethodsA consecutive series of 521 node positive T_0–2 invasive breast cancer cases were included in this retrospective study. Axillary node metastases were proved by ultrasound guided needle biopsy (NB) if ultrasonographic abnormal node was detected or by sentinel node biopsy (SNB) if no abnormal node was detected. After 4 to 8 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT）, axillary lymph nodes dissection included level III lymph nodes were completed for each case.ResultsThe pathologic complete response rate of axillary nodes was 31.1% (90/289) in NB positive subgroup. The incidence of residual positive level III lymph nodes were 9.0% (47/521). Multivariate analysis showed that node NB positivity (OR = 2.212, 95% CI: 1.022–4.787, P = 0.044), clinical tumor size >2 cm before NCT (OR = 2.672, 95% CI: 1.170–6.098, P = 0.020), and primary tumor non-response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (OR = 1.718, 95% CI: 1.232–2.396, P = 0.001) were independent predictors of level III lymph nodes positivity. At median follow-up time of 30 months, the distant disease-free survival (DDFS) rate of level III node positive group was much lower than that of level III negative group (p = 0.011).ConclusionsAbout 9% of node positive T_0–2 breast cancer will have residual positive node in level III region after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Node positivity proved by NB, large tumor size, and primary tumor non-response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy are independent predictors of level III lymph nodes positivity.     

Stage migration and therapy modification after thoracoscopic internal mammary lymph node dissection in breast cancer patients

Although internal mammary lymph node (IMN) status is a major prognostic factor in breast cancer, it is not routinely assessed. To evaluate the impact of IMN status on staging and treatment of breast cancer, we enrolled 50 consecutive patients with inner or central tumors who received IMN dissection by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) after breast surgery. Of the 50 patients, 20 (40%) had IMN metastases. Of the 20 patients, 6 (12%) were upstaged from N0 to N2b and 5 (10%), 3 (6%) and 6 patients (12%) were upstaged from N1a, N2a, and N3a, respectively, to N3b. Because of the upstaging, 6 patients (12%) with only IMN metastases received more aggressive adjuvant chemotherapy. Because the whole IMN chain was removed in all patients, radiotherapy on IMN field was not required in our cohort independent of IMN status. In conclusion, VATS IMN dissection might lead to stage migration and therapy modification.     

Sentinel node biopsy prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy

BACKGROUND: Several studies have explored sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, but false negative rates and the loss of pretreatment nodal staging are limitations. Sentinel lymph node biopsy prior to induction chemotherapy may address both. METHODS: Sentinel lymph node biopsy was performed in clinically node negative patients prior to initiating chemotherapy. Standard level I/II axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) was performed at the time of surgery in those patients who had metastases in the sentinel lymph node (SLN). RESULTS: Twenty-five patients had 26 SLNB prior to the initiation of chemotherapy. The SLN was identified in all cases (100%). Twelve patients (48%) were found to be node negative and did not require axillary node dissection after chemotherapy. Of the patients who were SLN positive and underwent completion ALND, residual nodal disease was identified in 60%. There were no surgical complications or delay of chemotherapy. CONCLUSIONS: Sentinel lymph node biopsy prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy can avoid the morbidity of ALND without compromising the accuracy of axillary staging. It allows for identification of node positive patients subsequently rendered disease free in the regional nodes, which can assist in planning additional chemotherapy or radiation.