Sentinel node metastasis in patients with breast carcinoma accurately predicts immunohistochemically detectable nonsentinel node metastasis

• Published in: Annals of surgical oncology Vol. 6; no. 8; pp. 756 - 761
• Main Authors: Chu, K U, Turner, R R, Hansen, N M, Brennan, M B, Giuliano, A E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Springer Nature B.V 01.12.1999
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Axilla; Breast cancer; Breast carcinoma; Breast Neoplasms - pathology; Breast Neoplasms - surgery; Female; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Lymph Node Excision; Lymph nodes; Lymphatic Metastasis; Lymphatic system; Mastectomy; Metastases; Metastasis; Middle Aged; Multivariate analysis; Predictive Value of Tests; Reproducibility of Results; Tumor cells

Sentinel lymphadenectomy is highly accurate for identifying axillary metastasis from a primary breast carcinoma. Nonsentinel axillary lymph nodes (NSNs) are unlikely to contain tumor cells if the axillary sentinel node (SN) is tumor free. We previously showed that the size of the primary tumor and t...