Internal mammary nodes metastases for breast cancer: whether the morphological verification is necessary?

Autor: M V Chernikh, M I Nechushkin, V. A. Uimanov, A V Trigolosov, E. A Nikitina, A V Petrovskiy
Jazyk: ruština
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Современная онкология, Vol 19, Iss 2, Pp 22-27 (2017)
ISSN: 1815-1442
1815-1434
Popis: Background. Metastatic involvement of the internal mammary chain lymph nodes (IMN) is associated with poor prognosis for breast cancer (BC) patients. However, parasternal radiation therapy is still a subject for debate. Methods. Results of 1144 consecutively treated patients with primary BC, who underwent one-stage videothoracoscopic (VATS) parasternal lymphadenectomy from 1998 to 2009, were retrospectively studied. Results. Surgical complications associated with thoracoscopic procedure did not exceed 2%. IMN metastases were detected in 211 (18.4%) patients, 6.0% of these cases did not have axillary invasion. In a wide analysis, the frequency of metastasis was statistically more influenced by: tumor localization (different from external quadrants), primary tumor size (T), level of involved axillary lymph nodes (N) and lymphovascular invasion. Patients with IMN metastases showed significantly poorer long-term outcomes: 5-year overall - OS and disease-free survival - DFS (OS 79.0±3.1% vs 91.4±1.0%, p
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