乳腺癌前哨淋巴结活检的临床意义

目的：通过前哨淋巴结的检测（SLNB）来预测腋窝淋巴结有无转移，决定手术的方法和范围，避免不必要的腋窝淋巴结清扫（ALND）。方法：将2004年2月～2008年5月住院手术治疗的女性原赞陛乳腺癌患者152例。年龄再39-70岁之间。行前哨淋巴结检测，将2％亚甲蓝注射液4ml注射到肿块周围3,6、9、12四点上，15—30min后，行前哨淋巴结切除病检。结果：病理检查发现前哨淋巴结阳性者75例，阴性者70例，假阴性4例，7例未检出。前哨淋巴结预测腋窝淋巴结的准确率141／145（97．2％）。结论：通过SLNB来预测腋窝淋巴结有无转移，并决定手术的方法和范围是行之有效，准确、简捷的一个方法。     

Efficacy of sentinel lymph node biopsy in male breast cancer

BACKGROUND: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is rapidly becoming the standard of care in the treatment of women with early stage breast cancer. Male breast cancer although relatively rare, has typically been treated with mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). Men who develop breast carcinoma have the same risk as their female counterparts of developing the morbidities associated with axillary dissection. SLNB has been championed as a procedure aimed at preventing those morbidities. We recently have evaluated the role of SLNB in the treatment of men with early stage breast cancer. METHODS: Among the 18 men treated at the University of Michigan Medical Center for breast cancer from May 1998 to November 2002, 6 were treated with SLNB. RESULTS: The mean tumor size was 1.6 cm. The mean patient age was 59.8 years. All of the patients had one or more sentinel lymph nodes identified. Two of the six did not have confirmatory axillary dissection. Three of the six had positive sentinel lymph nodes (50%). Only one of the three patients with a positive sentinel node had more nodes positive. One of the six patients had a positive node on frozen section and underwent immediate complete axillary dissection. This patient had no additional positive nodes. No patients in our series had immunohistochemical studies of the lymph nodes. CONCLUSIONS: Men with early stage breast carcinoma may be offered the management option of SLNB since in the hands of experienced surgeons it has a success rate apparently equal to that in their female counterparts.     

Survival outcomes and interval between lymphoscintigraphy and SLNB in cutaneous melanoma- findings of a large prospective cohort study

Introduction

Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in cutaneous melanoma (CM) is performed to identify patient at risk of regional and distant relapse. We hypothesized that timing of lymphoscintigraphy may influence the accuracy of SLNB and patient outcomes.

The State of Surgical Axillary Management and Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Early-stage Invasive Breast Cancer in the Modern Era

Background

For clinical T1-2N0 breast cancer, sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has been shown in American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) Z0011 to be sufficient for women with 1 to 2 positive sentinel lymph nodes with no added benefit for completion axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). Z0011 specified whole breast radiotherapy (RT) using standard tangential fields; however, later analysis showed variation in field design. We assessed nationwide practice patterns and examined factors associated with patients undergoing completion ALND and subsequent radiation field design.

Sentinel lymph node biopsy in Chinese patients with large operable breast cancer (≥4 cm): A decade's experience from a single institution

BackgroundPerforming sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in patients with large operable breast cancer is still controversial. Our aim is to find whether or not performing SLNB is feasible and safety in Chinese patients with large operable breast cancer.MethodsWe reviewed the data of patients in our center from 2003 to 2015, a series of 267 patients with large operable breast cancer (≥4 cm) who underwent SLNB were examined. All selected patients recieved preoperative axillary evaluation.ResultsThe successful rate for localizing SLNs was 96.3% (257 of 267). 31.1% (78 of 257) patients were found to have positive sentinel lymph nodes (SLN). The median follow-up was 52 months. 2.2% (4 of 179) SLN-negative patients developed axillary recurrence (AR) as first event. The 5-year axillary recurrence free survival in SLN-negative patients was 96.9% (95%CI, 93.8%–100%). Patients with suspicious nodes on ultrasonography (US) (P = 0.16) and undergoing breast conserving therapy (BCT) (P = 0.057) had a higher trend to be associated with AR. The 5-year recurrence free survival (RFS) was 86.1% (95%CI, 80.8%–93.0%) in SLN-negative patients and 76.3% (95%CI, 68.1%–90.1%) in SLN-positive patients (P = 0.246).ConclusionsSLNB is feasible and safety in patients with large operable breast cancer who underwent preoperative axillary evaluation.     

前哨淋巴结活检联合术前超声在老年乳腺癌腋窝淋巴结清扫中的价值

目的:探讨前哨淋巴结活检（SLNB）联合术前超声在老年乳腺癌患者治疗中的临床价值。方法:回顾性分析136例老年乳腺癌患者资料,将其分为三组,A组:SLNB+超声组,B组:SLNB组,C组:超声组。分别统计各组检查结果与术前腋窝淋巴结穿刺病理或SLNB的符合情况,分析三组对腋窝淋巴结转移的评价。结果:结果显示A组较B组、A组较C组均准确率高,差异有统计学意义,而B组与C组差异无统计学意义。诊断试验结果显示:SLNB比术前超声的特异度高,误诊率低。灵敏度和漏诊率差距不大。结论:SLNB联合术前超声在老年乳腺癌患者治疗中准确性高,较单独SLNB或术前超声均具有优势,值得在老年乳腺癌腋窝淋巴结转移情况的评估和治疗中推广应用。