Staging the axilla in women with breast cancer: the utility of preoperative ultrasound-guided needle biopsy

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摘要 Preoperativestagingoftheaxillainwomenwithinvasivebreastcancerusingultrasound-guidedneedlebiopsy(UNB)identifiesapproximately50%ofpatientswithaxillarynodalmetastasespriortosurgicalintervention.Althoughmoderatelysensitive,itisahighlyspecificstagingstrategythatisrarelyfalsely-positive,henceapositiveUNBallowspatientstobetriagedtoaxillarylymph-nodedissection(ALND)avoidingpotentiallyunnecessarysentinelnodebiopsy(SNB).Inthisreview,weextendourpreviousworkthroughanupdatedliteraturesearch,focusingonstudiesthatreportdataonUNButility.Basedondatafor10,934breastcancerpatients,sourcedfrom35studies,apositiveUNBallowedtriageof1,745cases(simpleproportion16%)toaxillarysurgicaltreatment:theutilityofUNBwasamedian19.8%[interquartilerange(IQR)11.6%-26.7%]acrossthesestudies.Wealsomodelleddatafromasubgroupofstudies,andestimatedthatamongstpatientswithmetastasestoaxillarynodes,theoddsratio(OR)forhighnodaldiseaseburdenforapositiveUNBversusanegativeUNBwas4.38[95%confidenceinterval(95%CI):3.13,6.13],P<0.001.Fromthismodel,theestimatedproportionwithhighnodaldiseaseburdenwas58.9%(95%CI:50.2%,67.0%)forapositiveUNB,whereastheestimatedproportionwithhighnodaldiseaseburdenwas24.6%(95%CI:17.7%,33.2%)ifUNBwasnegative.Overall,axillaryUNBhasgoodclinicalutilityandapositiveUNBcaneffectivelytriagetoALND.However,theevolvinglandscapeofaxillarysurgicaltreatmentmeansthatUNBwillhaverelativelylessutilitywheresurgeonshavemodifiedtheirpracticetoomissionofALNDforminimalnodalmetastaticdisease.
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出版日期 2014年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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