How Often Does Retrieval of a Clipped Lymph Node Change Adjuvant Therapy Recommendations? A Prospective, Consecutive, Patient Cohort Study
- 18.01.2022
- Breast Oncology
Erschienen in:
- Verfasst von
- Anna Weiss, MD
- Claire King, BS
- Samantha Grossmith, BA
- Leah Portnow, MD
- Sughra Raza, MD
- Faina Nakhlis, MD
- Laura Dominici, MD
- Thanh Barbie, MD
- Christina Minami, MD, MS
- Suniti Nimbkar, MD
- Esther Rhei, MD
- Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, MD, PhD
- Tari A. King, MD
- Erschienen in
- Annals of Surgical Oncology | Ausgabe 6/2022
Abstract
Background
Prior studies examining sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for cN1 patients have demonstrated that 20% of biopsied, clipped lymph nodes (cLNs) are nonsentinel lymph nodes (non-SLNs). Our goal was to determine how often the cLN was a non-SLN among both cN0 and cN1 patients and how often cLN pathology impacted management.
Methods
Overall, 238 patients treated with NAC and surgery January 2019 to June 2020 were prospectively examined. Patients underwent routine axillary ultrasound, biopsy of suspicious nodes, and clip placement. Radioactive iodine-125 seed localization of the cLN was performed in cN1 patients only. Isolated tumor cells (ITCs) were considered node positive (ypN+) for both cN0 and cN1 cohorts. Chart review was performed to determine if cLNs were non-SLN and their ypN status.
Results
Of 118 cN0 patients, 115 of 118 (97%) underwent successful SLNB, 33 of whom had a cLN present; 21 of 33 (64%) cLNs were non-SLNs. Overall, 9 of 118 (8%) were ypN+; no cLN was ypN+ without additional +SLNs. Of 120 cN1 patients, 104 of 120 (87%) converted to cN0, 98 of 104 (94%) of which had attempted SLNB, and 95 of 98 (97%) successfully mapped. The cLN was a non-SLN in 18 of 95 (19%). Overall, 58 of 104 (56%) cN1 patients were ypN+. One patient had a positive cLN in the absence of +SLNs. This patient underwent axillary lymph node dissection (ALND); adjuvant treatment recommendations were unchanged.
Conclusions
The cLN was a non-SLN in 19% of cN1 patients. cLN pathology did not impact adjuvant therapy recommendations, calling into question the utility of routinely clipping biopsied lymph nodes.
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- Titel
- How Often Does Retrieval of a Clipped Lymph Node Change Adjuvant Therapy Recommendations? A Prospective, Consecutive, Patient Cohort Study
- Verfasst von
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Anna Weiss, MD
Claire King, BS
Samantha Grossmith, BA
Leah Portnow, MD
Sughra Raza, MD
Faina Nakhlis, MD
Laura Dominici, MD
Thanh Barbie, MD
Christina Minami, MD, MS
Suniti Nimbkar, MD
Esther Rhei, MD
Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, MD, PhD
Tari A. King, MD
- Publikationsdatum
- 18.01.2022
- Verlag
- Springer International Publishing
- Erschienen in
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Annals of Surgical Oncology / Ausgabe 6/2022
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Elektronische ISSN: 1534-4681 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-022-11324-7
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