肺鳞癌、腺癌纵隔淋巴结转移的特点

目的 研究原发肺鳞癌及腺癌纵隔淋巴结转移特点,探讨临床意义.方法 对353例原发肺癌施行同侧纵隔淋巴结廓清术,病理检测淋巴结转移频度.结果 清除淋巴结2380组,平均每例6.74组.N2 淋巴结转移率16.2%.T1、T2、T3间淋巴结转移率差异有统计学意义(P<0.01).N2转移率在鳞癌、腺癌分别为30.1%、44.1%.64.2% 鳞癌N2转移为某一组淋巴结,腺癌3组以上转移者46.2%.上叶肺癌跨区域N2转移占15.1%,下叶(包括中叶)肺癌跨区域转移占53.1%.跳跃式转移占N2转移的53.7%.结论 肺鳞癌及腺癌纵隔淋巴结转移具有多发性、跳跃性及跨区域性特点.     

Imprint cytology for detecting metastasis of lung cancer in mediastinal lymph nodes

Background

Lymph node metastasis of lung cancer has been evaluated with histologic examination. We studied the usefulness of cytologic diagnosis for detecting metastasis of lung cancer in mediastinal nodes.

Methods

Five hundred twelve stations of mediastinal nodes in 157 patients with lung cancer were excised for staging of the disease through mediastinoscopy or thoracoscopy. Among them, 474 stations of mediastinal nodes in 151 patients were examined for metastasis both with imprint cytology and with hematoxylin-eosin histology independently. The final diagnostic decision was made by overall pathologic information, including cytology and histology. The diagnostic accuracies were compared between cytologic and histologic examinations.

Results

Cytologic examination identified 66 positive stations and 2 suspicious stations in 45 patients, whereas histologic examination identified 61 positive stations in 42 patients. The final pathologic diagnosis was 70 positive stations and 1 suspicious station in 45 patients. The sensitivity, accuracy, and negative predictive value of cytologic examination for node metastasis were 95.7%, 99.4%, and 99.3%, respectively, and those of histologic examination were 87.1%, 98.1%, and 97.7%, respectively. On a patient basis the sensitivity, accuracy, and negative predictive value of cytologic examination were 100%, 100%, and 100%, respectively, whereas those of histologic examination were 93.8%, 98.0%, and 97.2%, respectively. An additional 3 patients (2.0%) who had contralateral mediastinal node metastasis diagnosed only with cytology were identified with upstaged disease.

Conclusions

Imprint cytology for detecting metastasis of lung cancer in mediastinal nodes has high sensitivity and accuracy and is no less useful than histologic examination.     

Surgical treatment for lung cancer with metastasis to mediastinal lymph nodes.

A series of cases of lung cancer were analyzed, with particular attention to the relationship between the presence of lymph node metastases and the prognosis for surgical intervention. The cases are classified into four clinical stages and a detailed classification of histologically proved lymph node metastasis and pleural involvement is presented. Results indicate that the presence of mediastinal lymph node metastasis, especially in cases with squamous-cell carcinoma and negative subcarinal lymph node, does not contraindicate surgical treatment.     

Immunomorphology of lymph nodes and prognosis in lung cancer

BACKGROUND: Many studies have investigated locoregional immune responses and long-term survival in various types of cancer; few have focused on lung cancer. This study was designed to assess the prognostic value of immunomorphologic changes in locoregional lymph nodes in patients resected for bronchogenic carcinoma. METHODS: In a retrospective analysis, immune responses in locoregional lymph nodes were studied histologically in 172 selected patients. Lymph node morphology was studied according to the system of Cottier et al.: sinus histiocytosis (SH) and paracortical lymphoid cell hyperplasia (PCA) were considered as a cellular immune response, and follicular hyperplasia of the cortical area (CA) as a humoral reaction. The survival rate was estimated by the Kaplan-Meier product-limit method. Log-rank test and Cox proportional-hazards model were used to determine statistical significance in univariate and multivariate survival analysis. RESULTS: 35.5% of the patients had no evident response in regional nodes; 19.8% had a marked cellular response; 11% a marked humoral response; and 33.7% a mixed cellular-humoral response. A nodal cellular response improved long-term survival rates even in patients with regional node metastases. Multivariate analysis identified an independent variable as having high prognostic value: lymph node immunoreactivity. CONCLUSIONS: Lymph node immunoreactivity significantly influences long-term survival after curative surgery for lung cancer and may be useful in stratifying patients for prospective trials of adjuvant treatment including immunotherapy.     

Risk factors influencing lymph nodes metastasis in lung cancer with stage I, II or IIIA

The purpose of this study was to assess the risk factors involved in the intrapulmonary, hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes metastases in seventy-eight patients with stage I, II or IIIA lung cancer postoperatively, which were resected from 1978 to 1988. In the histological type, the incidence of the mediastinal lymph nodes metastases in adenocarcinoma was higher than that in other types, such as squamous cell carcinoma and large cel carcinoma. In addition, the incidence of mediastinal lymph nodes metastases in the papillary type was significantly higher than that in the tubular type (p less than 0.05). The incidence of mediastinal lymph nodes metastases increased as invasion into the lymphatic duct and/or vessel was demonstrated (p less than 0.01, p less than 0.05). The proximal type, in which the cancer spread to the secondary segmental bronchus, metastasized to the hilar lymph nodes more frequently than the distal type, in which the cancer was located in the bronchus distal to the third segmental one. Although there was no significant relationship between the site of the cancer and the incidence of the metastatic lymph nodes, the hilar and superior mediastinal lymph nodes (#1-4, 3a, 3p) metastases were demonstrated regardless of the lobe in which the cancer was located. The primary tumor located in the left lower lobe of the lung tended to metastasize to the inferior mediastinal lymph nodes (#8, 9). Twenty-five out of 33 patients with the lymph nodes metastases had hilar metastatic lymph nodes. However, the mediastinal lymph nodes metastases were proved in 5 patients without any intrapulmonary and hilar lymph nodes metastases. No relationship between the histological differentiation, size of tumor, pT factor and the incidence of lymph nodes metastases was found.     

肺癌淋巴结转移规律的临床研究

目的 探讨原发性肺癌淋巴结转移频率,分布范围及特点,为广泛廓清提供依据。方法 按Ｎａｒｕｋｅ肺癌淋巴结分布图对３８６例肺癌病人施行了手术切除及广泛肺门、叶间及纵隔淋巴结廓清术。结果 清除淋巴结２６０３组,Ｎ１淋巴结转移率２０．１％,Ｎ２淋巴结转移率１６．２％。Ｔ１,Ｔ２,Ｔ３间淋巴结经差异非常显著。     

肺癌淋巴结转移特点的研究

目的：探讨肺癌淋巴结转移频度、分布及特点，为淋巴结清除术提供依据。方法：按Naruke肺癌淋巴结分布图对348例肺癌病人施行根治性手术及系统性淋巴结清除，分析其淋巴结转移特点。结果：3689组淋巴结N1转移率23．4％，N2转移率16．5％。Tis期肺癌无淋巴结转移；T1期以后各期肺癌N1、N2均可见转移；T1期、T2期鳞癌和腺癌N2转移率相比差异有显著性；淋巴结转移频度与T分期直线相关。肺下叶癌较肺上叶癌更容易转移至纵隔。肺上叶癌较肺下叶癌更容易发生跳跃式纵隔转移。结论：淋巴结转移腺癌比鳞癌活跃，小细胞肺癌最活跃，且随着T分期增加而增加；肺癌可跨区域纵隔转移；除T1期鳞癌不进行系统性淋巴结清除亦有可能达到根治目的外，其余类型肺癌均应进行系统性淋巴结清除。     

Intrapulmonary lymph nodes enlarged after lobectomy for lung cancer

A 62-year-old man, who had had a left upper lobectomy for mucoepidermoid lung carcinoma, was admitted again 3 months later because of enlargement of four small nodules in the left lower lobe. A computed tomography–guided needle aspiration biopsy obtained insufficient material for diagnosis, and because pulmonary metastases were suspected, two of the four tumors were extirpated. Intraoperative frozen section found the nodules to be intrapulmonary lymph nodes. Intrapulmonary lymph nodes should be included in the differential diagnosis of coin lesions in the peripheral lung field.     

A comparative study of weight of regional lymph nodes in association with the presence of metastasis in primary lung cancer patients

The weight of regional lymph nodes was measured in 173 patients who underwent surgical resection of the primary lung cancer and lymph nodes from January, 1986 to January, 1989 in our hospital. Histological examination was also performed and correlation of metastasis and the weight of lymph nodes were studied. The average weight of metastatic lymph nodes was 2.34 g while that of non-metastatic ones was 0.83 g indicating a significant (p less than 0.05) increase of weight in metastatic lymph nodes. Although the percentage of metastasis increased as the weight of lymph nodes increased, 7.6% of lymph nodes weighing less than 0.5 g was positive for metastasis. On the other hand, 66.7% of the lymph nodes weighing more than 3.0 g in adenocarcinoma and 34.5% in squamous cell carcinoma were positive for metastasis indicating the difference of the metastatic tendency to the lymph nodes between the two histological types. The comparative study of the weight of each lymph node station according to the JJC criteria demonstrated the difference of average weight of non-metastatic lymph nodes among each lymph node station. The average weight of pretracheal (#3), subcarinal (#7), interlobar (#11), and segmental (#12) lymph nodes without tumor metastasis were more than 1.0 g, however those of anterior mediastinal (#3a), paraesophageal (#8), and pulmonary ligament (#9) were less than 0.5 g. The average weight of metastatic lymph nodes in each lymph node station was in proportion to those of non-metastatic ones.     

Micrometastasis to lymph nodes in stage I left lung cancer patients

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the frequency and clinicopathological characteristics of lymph node micrometastasis in left lung cancer patients diagnosed to be stage IA and IB based on routine histopathologic examinations, we examined the lymph nodes in patients who had undergone an extended mediastinal lymphadenectomy, using immunohistochemical methods. METHODS: Paraffin-embedded tissue sections from the lymph nodes in 49 patients with stage I left lung cancers were studied. We used AE1/AE3 as the anticytokeratin and Ber-EP4 as the antiepithelial cell antibodies when performing immunohistochemical staining. RESULTS: We identified micrometastasis of the lymph nodes in 13 (26.5%) of 49 patients with stage I left lung cancer. NO disease was reclassified as N1 disease in 5 cases, N2 disease in 6 cases, and N3 disease in 2 cases. The location of the micrometastatic lymph nodes proved to be wide regions including the contralateral and highest mediastinal nodes, and 6 (46.2%) out of the 13 patients with micrometastasis were thus presumed not to be completely eliminated by a standard lymphadenectomy through an ipsilateral thoracotomy. The five year survival rate of patients with reclassified N1 to N3 disease was 74%, and the presence of micrometastasis was found to have no significant effect on the outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: The micrometastatic involvement of the lymph nodes was both more frequent and extensive than expected even in stage I left lung cancer. These results suggest that an extended mediastinal lymphadenectomy may therefore be required for the locoregional control of stage I left lung cancer patients.     

Value of prophylactic oophorectomy in advanced breast cancer with parasternal lymph nodes metastasis

In order to improve the poor prognosis of advanced breast cancer cases with positive parasternal lymph nodes metastasis, prophylactic oophorectomy was performed in 25 unselected cases. In a retrospective study on the breast cancer cases operated on from 1958 to 1969, comparison of eight advanced breast cancer cases with positive parasternal lymph nodes metastasis after radical mastectomy of Halsted type and parasternal lymph nodes dissection with, and 17 cases without prophylactic bilateral oophorectomy was made with respect to the survival rate, the survival time pattern by Mantel-Haenszel's procedure in their entirety and the recurrence rate. These results suggest the effectiveness of prophylactic oophorectomy for the advanced breast cancer.     

前哨淋巴结阳性乳腺癌非前哨淋巴结转移的情况分析

目的探讨前哨淋巴结（SLN）阳性乳腺癌患者的临床病理特征与非前哨淋巴结（NSLN）转移的关系。 方法回顾性分析2010年1月至2016年1月中山大学附属第一医院500例行前哨淋巴结活检（SLNB）的临床分期为T_1-2N₀M₀期乳腺癌患者资料,其中病理检查确诊SLN阳性、随后行腋窝淋巴结清扫（ALND）的乳腺癌患者共89例,总结其临床、病理因素的特征及其对腋窝NSLN转移的影响因素进行单因素及多因素Logistic分析。 结果SLN阳性率为17.8%（89/500）,49.4%（44/89）出现NSLN转移。单因素分析显示,NSLN转移与原发肿瘤分期、脉管浸润、SLN阳性数、SLN阳性率相关（χ²=4.062、36.084、7.003、10.889,P=0.044、<0.001、0.030、0.004）。进一步多因素Logistic回归分析显示,脉管浸润、SLN阳性率是NSLN转移的独立预测因子（OR=46.142,95%CI：11.821~258.472,P<0.000 1;OR=10.482,95%CI：2.564~51.312,P=0.002）。 结论SLN阳性的乳腺癌患者,其原发肿瘤分期、肿瘤是否多发、脉管浸润、SLN阳性数、SLN转移率与腋窝NSLN转移相关。其中,脉管浸润及SLN阳性率≥0.5是SLN阳性乳腺癌患者腋窝NSLN转移的独立预测因子。