黑色素瘤前哨淋巴结活检的意义

黑色素瘤可发生于皮肤和黏膜,是目前发病率增长较快、易早期淋巴结转移的恶性肿瘤。淋巴结状态的评估对于黑色素瘤的分期和治疗具有重要意义,前哨淋巴结活检（sentinel lymph node biopsy,SLNB）扮演着重要角色。目前,SLNB技术发展较快,但是SLNB阳性患者行淋巴结清扫（complete lymph node dissection,CLND）是否显著延长总生存期（overall survival,OS）仍然存在争议。全球多中心临床试验结果对前哨淋巴结阳性病例行CLND仍存争议,未得到黑色素瘤特异性生存率（melanoma specific survival,MSS）获益,但是可以确定SLNB能显著提高患者局部控制率,是现阶段循证医学证据下评估和分期的可靠方法。本文就黑色素瘤SLNB的研究进展和意义进行述评。      

乳腺癌前哨淋巴结活检研究进展

近年来,乳腺癌的发病率越来越高,乳腺癌治疗方式也在不断改进,但手术仍然是早期乳腺癌治疗的主要手段。对于早期乳腺癌,前哨淋巴结活检术（sentinel lymph node biopsy,SLNB）是一种安全、精确的手术方式,已逐渐替代腋窝淋巴结清扫术（axillary lymph node dissection,ALND）成为早期乳腺癌治疗的标准术式。随着研究的深入,SLNB的应用范围更广,术后生活质量显著改善,但其操作尚需要进一步统一规范。在前哨淋巴结微转移、宏转移、前哨淋巴结活检阳性的老年患者以及新辅助化疗的前哨淋巴结活检等方面尚未达成共识,还需要更多大型多中心前瞻性的随机试验来进一步论证。     

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。     

早期乳腺癌前哨淋巴结活检的新思路

摘 要：前哨淋巴结活检（sentinel lymph node biopsy，SLNB）是乳腺外科较为成熟的一种诊疗手段，但仍存在许多不足。随着研究的推进，针对SLNB也涌现出一些新的思路，如超声造影引导下SLNB、次级前哨淋巴结及相关概念的提出等。全文将对早期乳腺癌前哨淋巴结活检中现存的两大争议问题及新思路进行综述。     

早期子宫内膜癌前哨淋巴结活检和淋巴结微转移的研究进展

子宫内膜癌（endometrial cancer,EC）是妇科常见恶性肿瘤之一,近年来很多研究指出前哨淋巴结活检（sentinel lymph node biopsy,SLNB）和前哨淋巴结（sentinel lymph node,SLN）病理超分期可以明确转移淋巴结位置和判定淋巴结转移与否,并被广泛应用于妇科肿瘤。早期子宫内膜癌淋巴结转移率低,然而淋巴结转移情况是指导术后辅助治疗和预测复发的独立危险因素。SLNB与病理超分期等检测手段结合可发现更多的淋巴结转移类型,尤其对淋巴结微转移具有较好检出效果,为早期子宫内膜癌诊疗提供更多依据。本文将对近年来有关早期子宫内膜癌SLNB技术、影响SLNB准确性相关问题、淋巴结微转移问题三方面进行简述,为促进早期子宫内膜癌精准手术治疗,减少术中风险和术后并发症提供可行性方案。     

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。     

乳腺癌前哨淋巴结微小转移的检测及其意义

近年来,前哨淋巴结活检 （ sentinel lymph node biopsy, SLNB）技术研究的不断深入以及临床应用的不断普及,已经改变了一个多世纪来腋窝淋巴结清除 （axillary lymph nodes dissection; ALND） 作为乳腺癌外科治疗重要组成部分的历史。欧美一些学者认为,SLNB达到甚至超过了ALND在乳腺癌治疗中的重要地位。但是,     

前哨淋巴结活检指导乳腺癌腋窝淋巴结清扫的研究进展

腋窝淋巴结清扫（axillary lymph node dissection,ALND）对降低乳腺癌患者的复发转移率、延长乳腺癌患者生存期具有重要意义,临床上绝大部分前哨淋巴结活检（sentinel lymph node biopsy,SLNB）结果阳性的乳腺癌患者均接受ALND。但现有研究显示,部分前哨淋巴结阳性的乳腺癌患者并没有因ALND而取得生存获益,这就引发了对于SLNB阳性的乳腺癌患者是否必须行ALND问题的思考。本文就近年来SLNB指导乳腺癌患者ALND相关研究的新进展进行综述。     

前哨淋巴结活检在中国皮肤和肢端恶性黑色素瘤患者诊治中的临床意义

背景与目的：恶性黑色素瘤近年来在中国发病率呈上升趋势。前哨淋巴结活检（sentinel lymph node biopsy,SLNB）在欧美是皮肤恶性黑色素瘤外科诊治规范的重要环节,但在中国却未广泛开展。中国黑色素瘤具有多肢端亚型、浸润深度厚、溃疡率高和预后差等特点。但中国黑色素瘤外科治疗后的预后仍未明确。该研究旨在分析中国黑色素瘤患者的临床数据,评价SLNB的可行性及其对预后的影响。方法：回顾性分析2009—2017年在复旦大学附属肿瘤医院治疗的无临床淋巴转移和远处转移征象的黑色素瘤患者。每例患者在接受原发病灶扩大切除的同时,进行相应区域淋巴结的SLNB。前哨淋巴结（sentinel lymph node,SLN）的定位通过美兰染色和同位素示踪完成。所有患者术后均进行随访。结果：本研究共纳入452例黑色素瘤患者。平均Breslow浸润深度为3.29 mm,66.4%为肢端病灶,溃疡率达59.7%。SLN阳性率为26.8%,假阴性率为4%,淋巴结总转移率为30.8%。本组患者5年总生存率（overall survival,OS）和无病生存率（disease-free survival,DFS）分别为66.6%和55.8%。SLN状态是显著影响患者预后的独立危险因素,而Breslow浸润深度是预测SLN转移状态的独立危险因素。结论：对于无临床大体转移的中国黑色素瘤患者,应常规开展SLNB。SLN状态是影响复发和总体生存的重要因素,SLNB能提高淋巴结微转移患者的生存,提供准确的临床分期。     

老年乳腺癌前哨淋巴结活检的临床应用价值

前哨淋巴结活检（Sentinel lymph node biopsy，SLNB）是近10年来乳腺外科研究的热点课题，目前国内对SLNB的研究较多，但针对老年患者是否也适合SLNB的报道较少。我们回顾分析了本院107例行SLNB的临床资料，探讨其在老年患者中治疗的临床价值。     

The atypical Spitz tumor of uncertain biologic potential

BACKGROUND:

Atypical Spitz tumors (AST) are rare spitzoid melanocytic proliferations with an uncertain malignant potential. ASTs have overlapping features of both Spitz nevi and spitzoid melanoma, and consequently generate controversy with diagnosis and management. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has been proposed as a possible means to gain additional insight into the true biologic potential of these tumors; however, previous reports on the use of SLNB in ASTs have been limited by small numbers of patients and short durations of follow‐up.

METHODS:

The authors extracted data from their institution's prospective melanoma database, collected between 1994 and 2007, for all patients with ASTs of uncertain biologic potential. They reviewed the clinical features of these patients, including the sentinel lymph node status, and the histological features of the tumors.

RESULTS:

A total of 67 patients with ASTs were identified, with a median age of 23.7 years. The mean depth was 2.4 mm. Of these, 57 had a SLNB performed, with 27 (47%) having a positive sentinel lymph node. SLNB‐positive cases had a significantly lower mean age than SLNB‐negative cases (17.9 vs 28.7 years; P = .013); however, no other significant differences were observed. All 27 patients with a positive SLNB were alive and disease free with median follow‐up of 43.8 months. One patient who did not receive a SLNB developed recurrent disease with regional and distant metastases.

CONCLUSIONS:

ASTs do not appear to behave like conventional melanoma. There is a high incidence of microscopic lymph node deposits in SLNBs, but despite this finding, patients have a favorable prognosis. Our findings raise several questions regarding the malignant potential of ASTs, and the role of SLNB in their management. Cancer 2009. © 2009 American Cancer Society.     

Sentinel lymph node biopsy in head and neck cancer

In the past decade, the technique of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has been applied to a vast array of primary neoplasms, ranging from head and neck melanoma to vulvar carcinoma. At present, experience with SLNB is greatest in patients with melanoma and breast cancer. In view of the well known complications associated with cervical node dissection, it has been suspected for some time that cervical SLNB, if successful, might reduce the morbidity associated with the definitive care of patients with head and neck cancers. This report assesses the current status of SLNB in the treatment of head and neck cancers; while formal investigations of the efficacy of this technique are recommended, SLNB has not yet been demonstrated to possess the same level of utility seen in SLNB in melanoma and breast cancer patients. As a consequence, the application of SLNB to head and neck cancers remains an experimental technique--one which has not yet acquired the status of the standard of patient care.     

Clinical utilities and biological characteristics of melanoma sentinel lymph nodes

An estimated 73870 people will be diagnosed with melanoma in the United States in 2015, resulting in 9940 deaths. The majority of patients with cutaneous melanomas are cured with wide local excision. However, current evidence supports the use of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) given the 15%-20% of patients who harbor regional node metastasis. More importantly, the presence or absence of nodal micrometastases has been found to be the most important prognostic factor in early-stage melanoma, particularly in intermediate thickness melanoma. This review examines the development of SLNB for melanoma as a means to determine a patient’s nodal status, the efficacy of SLNB in patients with melanoma, and the biology of melanoma metastatic to sentinel lymph nodes. Prospective randomized trials have guided the development of practice guidelines for use of SLNB for melanoma and have shown the prognostic value of SLNB. Given the rapidly advancing molecular and surgical technologies, the technical aspects of diagnosis, identification, and management of regional lymph nodes in melanoma continues to evolve and to improve. Additionally, there is ongoing research examining both the role of SLNB for specific clinical scenarios and the ways to identify patients who may benefit from completion lymphadenectomy for a positive SLN. Until further data provides sufficient evidence to alter national consensus-based guidelines, SLNB with completion lymphadenectomy remains the standard of care for clinically node-negative patients found to have a positive SLN.     

Failure to identify sentinel lymph nodes for malignant melanoma – Outcome after over 10 years median follow up

BackgroundSentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is routinely performed during surgery for malignant melanoma, using double mapping. Still, in some cases, a sentinel lymph node identified pre-operatively by lymphoscintigraphy is not identified during surgery. We hypothesized that disease specific survival would not be significantly impacted by intra-operative lymph node mapping (IOLM) failure.MethodsThe patient population study included 1300 malignant melanomas operated on by a single surgical oncologist (H.G.) after sentinel lymph node scintigraphy. Patients were included in the analysis if intra-operative lymph node (IOLM) mapping failed.ResultsAmong 1300 patients who underwent surgery for malignant melanoma during the study period and after median follow up of >10 years, 33/36 lymphatic drainage basins with failed sentinel node identification were free of disease. Disease specific survival for the entire group of 33 patients with IOLM failure was 91.0%, which is comparable to previously published disease specific survival for all melanoma patients.ConclusionWe conclude that failure to identify a pre-operatively marked sentinel lymph node by an experienced melanoma surgeon has, generally, no impact on disease specific survival, as demonstrated in this review of a series of surgical melanoma patients.