前哨淋巴结活检在皮肤恶性黑色素瘤中的应用现状及进展

前哨淋巴结活检（sentinel lymph node biopsy,SLNB）是皮肤恶性黑色素瘤诊治过程中不可或缺的手段,在进行准确分期、预后判断以及治疗指导等方面都发挥着重要的作用。SLNB的操作方法已基本成熟,但在适应症的选择方面还存在一定的争议,仍无足够的证据表明前哨淋巴结活检联合区域淋巴结清扫（complete lymph node biopsy,CLND）能够延长转移患者的生存。此外,由于国内恶性黑色素瘤的发病率较低,SLNB尚未得到广泛开展,相关的操作方法也较为落后。近年来,随着恶性黑色素瘤发病率增高,其外科治疗也受到越来越多的关注。本文通过总结分析近年来的相关文献,对SLNB在皮肤恶性黑色素瘤中的应用现状和进展进行综述。      

肢端黑色素瘤前哨淋巴结活检临床结果分析

目的 探讨肢端黑色素瘤前哨淋巴结活检的临床规律及临床意义.方法 对2012年3月至2019年8月北京积水潭医院骨肿瘤科收治的肢端黑色素瘤患者中符合前哨淋巴结活检指征的110例行前哨淋巴结活检,前哨淋巴结活检结果 阳性的患者再行淋巴结清扫术.术后常规行病理检查,统计非前哨淋巴结阳性结果.结果110例黑色素瘤患者中,发病于...     

肢端黑色素瘤前哨淋巴结活检临床结果分析

目的探讨肢端黑色素瘤前哨淋巴结活检的临床规律及临床意义。方法对2012年3月至2019年8月北京积水潭医院骨肿瘤科收治的肢端黑色素瘤患者中符合前哨淋巴结活检指征的110例行前哨淋巴结活检,前哨淋巴结活检结果阳性的患者再行淋巴结清扫术。术后常规行病理检查,统计非前哨淋巴结阳性结果。结果110例黑色素瘤患者中,发病于手部20例,其余90例发病于足部。所有病例均检出前哨淋巴结,检出率为100％。前哨淋巴结阳性24例,阳性率为22％。24例患者均行淋巴结清扫术,术后病理分析发现,非前哨淋巴结阳性患者9例,占38％。结论前哨淋巴结活检在肢端黑色素瘤的分期诊断、临床治疗中具有重要的临床意义。     

前哨淋巴结活检对黑色素瘤预后的预测价值

目的探讨前哨淋巴结活检(SLNB)对黑色素瘤预后的预测价值。方法回顾性分析2012年3月至2019年6月北京积水潭医院诊治的118例黑色素瘤患者的临床病理资料。患者术前行体格检查和影像学检查排除区域淋巴结转移,采用99Tcm-右旋糖酐行术前示踪显像,术中γ射线探测仪精准定位,切取前哨淋巴结(SLN)行病理活检;原发灶局部行扩大切除重建术;SLN病理阳性患者行区域淋巴结清扫。采用Cox回归模型分析患者的预后及其影响因素。结果118例患者的病史为2~360个月,平均病史为53.6个月。原发灶位于手足84例,甲下27例,皮肤7例。平均Breslow厚度为3.6 mm,合并溃疡72例(61.0%,72/118)。全组患者平均切取SLN 2.8枚,SLN阳性29例(24.6%,29/118),假阴性率为2.5%(3/118)。淋巴结显性转移和远处转移24例(20.3%,24/118),其中远处转移合并淋巴结转移7例(5.9%,7/118),单纯淋巴结显性转移8例(6.8%,8/118),远处脏器转移9例(7.6%,9/118)。全组患者病理分期为Ⅰ期33例,Ⅱ期56例,Ⅲ期29例,5年生存率为69.5%。Breslow厚度为SLN阳性的独立危险因素,Breslow厚度、SLN状态、SLN阳性数目和远处转移是影响患者总生存的独立影响因素(均P<0.05)。结论对于临床及影像学检查无区域淋巴结转移的患者,SLNB能够提供准确的病理分期并预测患者的预后,临床应常规开展。     

前哨淋巴结活检在皮肤型和肢端型黑色素瘤临床诊疗中的价值

背景与目的：前哨淋巴结活检（sentinel lymph node biopsy,SLNB）是评估皮肤型和肢端型黑色素瘤区域淋巴结转移情况及病理学分期的重要手段。SLNB作为外科诊疗规范的重要环节,已在各大诊疗指南中被推荐,也已在中国临床应用近10年。自2017年靶向和免疫治疗应用于中国黑色素瘤治疗领域,患者预后得到显著改善。本研究旨在分析复旦大学附属肿瘤医院近5年恶性黑色素瘤患者的临床资料,评估在新药治疗时代前哨淋巴结（sentinel lymph node,SLN）状态在临床应用的价值和对预后的影响。方法：对2017—2021年在复旦大学附属肿瘤医院黑色素瘤诊治中心接受诊治的381例恶性黑色素瘤患者的临床资料进行回顾性分析。每例患者均接受原发灶扩大切除和相应的SLNB,手术后随访至少6个月。SLN定位使用美兰染色或同位素示踪。结果：本研究共入组381例恶性黑色素瘤患者,平均Breslow浸润深度为3.10 mm,69.8%为肢端型,溃疡率为57.1%,SLN阳性率为34.6%,中位无复发生存率（relapse-free survival,RFS）为17个月。SLN状态是显著影响患者预后的独立危险因素。在N_1a和T₄亚组,SLN活检数>2枚的患者具有更好的RFS。接受完整的区域淋巴结清扫（complete lymph node dissection,CLND）和未清扫患者的RFS差异无统计学意义,在SLN活检数>2枚和SLN微转移直径<1 mm的亚组未清扫者反而具有更优的RFS。结论：SLN状态仍是影响临床无显性转移的黑色素瘤预后的重要因素,对于恶性黑色素瘤患者应常规开展SLNB,在保证微创的前提下,提高SLN定位的准确性,保证SLNB充分。SLN阳性后行即刻CLND对于皮肤型和肢端型黑色素瘤患者未能带来进一步的预后改善。     

乳腺癌前哨淋巴结活检及其意义

近年来,对临床诊断为早期乳腺癌的患者(尤其是年轻患者)手术切除的范围趋向于缩小,越来越多保留乳房的手术取代了传统根治术.然而,对腋窝淋巴结是否清扫尚有许多争议,有学者认为对T1a期患者不必行腋窝淋巴结清扫(axillary lymph node dissection:ALND),但更多的学者认为原发灶虽小但有转移可能,建议行低位清扫或腋窝淋巴结活检.究竟如何才能避免不必要的清扫,又能对清扫者做出准确的判断呢?近年来许多学者对乳腺癌前哨淋巴结(sentinel lymph node:SLN)作了许多研究.本文就乳腺癌SLN检测的意义、检测方法及存在的若干问题等作一综述.     

完全性淋巴结清扫对前哨淋巴结阳性黑色素瘤患者的预后价值Meta分析

目的 探讨完全性淋巴结清扫对前哨淋巴结活检阳性黑色素瘤患者的预后价值。方法 计算机检索数据库PubMed、Embase、Cochrane Library、中国知网和万方,并联合参考文献追查,采用Meta分析分析患者生存状态。结果 纳入10篇符合标准的文献,Meta分析结果显示：完全性淋巴结清扫组与淋巴结观察组的肿瘤特异性生存（HR: 0.99, 95%CI: 0.86~1.14, P=0.89）、无复发生存（HR: 0.89, 95%CI: 0.72~1.08, P=0.24）和无远处转移生存（HR: 1.03, 95%CI: 0.89~1.20, P=0.71）差异无统计学意义。结论 完全性淋巴结清扫不能为前哨淋巴结活检阳性黑色素瘤患者带来生存获益。     

乳腺癌前哨淋巴结活检研究进展

近年来，乳腺癌前哨淋巴结（sentinel lymph node，SLN）研究发展迅速。一系列大样本、前瞻性临床试验证实了前哨淋巴结活检（sentinel lymph node biopsy，SLNB）的安全性。SLNB可以提供准确的腋窝淋巴结分期、SLN阴性患者SLNB替代腋清扫术腋窝复发率和并发症很低，为其提供了循证医学Ⅰ、Ⅱ级的证据。此外，目前的研究也证实SLNB中应用的放射性同位素对患者和医务人员是安全的。SLNB的适应证也在不断扩大。     

Predicting sentinel and residual lymph node basin disease after sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma

BACKGROUND: The selection of patients for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNB) and selective lymphadenectomy for histologically positive sentinel lymph nodes (SLND) are areas of debate. The authors of the current study attempted to identify predictors of metastases to the sentinel and residual nonsentinel lymph nodes in patients with melanoma. METHODS: The Indiana University Interdisciplinary Melanoma Program computerized database was queried to identify all patients who underwent SNB for clinically localized cutaneous melanoma. Demographic, surgical, and histopathologic data were recorded. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to identify associations with SNB and nonsentinel lymph node positivity. Classification tree and logistic procedures were performed to identify the ideal tumor thickness cutpoint at which to perform SNB. RESULTS: Two hundred seventy-five SNB procedures were performed to stage 348 regional lymph node basins for occult metastases from melanoma. Of the 275 melanomas, 54 (19.6%) had a positive SNB, as did 58 of 348 basins (16.7%). Classification and logistic regression analysis identified a Breslow depth of 1.25 mm to be the most significant cutpoint for SNB positivity (odds ratio 8. 8:1; P = 0.0001). By multivariate analyses, a Breslow thickness cutpoint >/= 1.25 mm (P = 0.0002), ulceration (P = 0.005), and high mitotic index (> 5 mitoses/high-power field; P = 0.04) were significant predictors of SNB results. SLND was performed in 53 SNB positive patients, 15 of whom (28.3%) had at least 1 additional positive lymph node. SLND positivity was noted across a wide range of primary tumor characteristics and was associated significantly with multiple positive SN, but not with any other variable. SNB result correlated significantly with disease free and overall survival. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with a Breslow tumor thickness >/= 1. 25 mm, ulceration, and high mitotic index are most likely to have positive SNB results. SLND is recommended for all patients after positive SNB because it is difficult to identify patients with residual lymph node disease.     

The role of sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma

Regional lymph nodes are a common site of melanoma metastases, and the presence or absence of melanoma in regional lymph nodes is the single most important prognostic factor for predicting survival. Furthermore, identification of metastatic melanoma in lymph nodes and excision of these nodes may enhance survival in a subgroup of patients whose melanoma has metastasized only to their regional lymph nodes and not to distant sites. Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy was developed as a low morbidity technique to stage the lymphatic basin without the potential morbidity of lymphedema and nerve injury. The presence or absence of metastatic melanoma in the SLN accurately predicts the presence or absence of metastatic melanoma in that lymph node basin. When performed by experienced centers, the false-negative rate of SLN biopsy is very low. As such, the nodal basin that contains a negative SLN will usually be free of microscopic disease. Since occult micrometastatic disease affects only 12% to 15% of patients with melanoma, selective SLN dissection allows up to 85% of patients with melanoma to be spared a formal lymph node dissection, thus avoiding the complications usually associated with that procedure. While standard pathologic evaluation of lymph nodes may miss metastatic melanoma cells, more sensitive techniques are developing which may identify micrometastases more accurately. The clinical significance of these micrometastases remains unknown and is the subject of active investigations.