Abstract PD8-03: Conversion rates from positive to negative axillary involvement in breast cancer patients presenting with biopsy-proven axillary metastases prior to primary systemic therapy (PST) – A transSENTINA subproject
Autor: | Annette Staebler, Ingo Bauerfeind, Maja Krajewska, Barbara Fleige, H-C Kolberg, Annette Lebeau, Gisela Helms, S. Loibl, Cornelia Liedtke, Thorsten Kühn, Tanja Fehm, Michael Untch |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Cancer Research
Chemotherapy medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Cancer medicine.disease Systemic therapy medicine.anatomical_structure Breast cancer Oncology Biopsy medicine Radiology Prospective cohort study business Pathological Lymph node |
Zdroj: | Cancer Research. 79:PD8-03 |
ISSN: | 1538-7445 0008-5472 |
Popis: | Background: Modern chemotherapy carries a high potential of converting patients with clinically suspicious axillary nodes (cN+) prior to PST to clinically (ycN0) or pathologically (ypN0) negative nodes after PST. Clinical and sonographical axillary assessment, however, may be inadequate and therefore pathological assessment of suspicious axillary nodes is recommended. We analyzed the association between clinical / pathological parameters and positive to negative conversion in patients with biopsy-proven axillary metastases in Arm C of the SENTINA trial (i.e. patients with “true conversion”). Methods: Arm C of the SENTINA trial included patients converting from cN+ to ycN0 through PST from a prospective study. We limited our analysis to patients who had biopsy-proven axillary involvement. Univariate regression analysis was carried out to assess the association between patients with vs. without axillary disease after PST in i) patients with biopsy-proven involvement and ii) patients without biopsy proof of metastases. Results: Among 596 patients in arm C of the SENTINA trial with clinically and or sonographically suspicious ipsilateral axillary nodes, 439 (73,7%) 157 (26,3%) patients had a biopsy. In 152 patients (96,8%), lymph node metastases were confirmed and in 5 patients (3,2%), no malignant cells were identified. In both groups, we found a significant association (p Conclusion: Our analysis demonstrates that in patients with biopsy-proven axillary involvement before NST, parameters associated with axillary conversion are similar to those among patients classified as having nodal disease based on clinical and or sonographical assessment (cN+). Our analyses demonstrate that in biopsy-proven axillary metastases before NST, modern chemotherapy regimens result in significant rates of axillary conversion. This underscores the need to deescalate axillary staging / treatment with the goal to further avoid unnecessary axillary surgery. Citation Format: Liedtke C, Kolberg H-C, Krajewska M, Bauerfeind I, Fehm T, Fleige B, Helms G, Lebeau A, Staebler A, Loibl S, Untch M, Kühn T. Conversion rates from positive to negative axillary involvement in breast cancer patients presenting with biopsy-proven axillary metastases prior to primary systemic therapy (PST) – A transSENTINA subproject [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr PD8-03. |
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