Risk Factors Associated With Sentinel Lymph Node Metastasis in Clinically Node-Negative Breast Cancer.
Hussain Adnan AbdullaAhmed Zuhair SalmanSarah Jawad AlaraibiKhaled NazzalSara Abdulameer AhmedSayed Ali Isa AlmahariAli DhaifPublished in: European journal of breast health (2023)
This study showed that high tumour grades, presence of LVI and large tumour size were all risk factors related to axillary metastasis after SLNB in breast cancer. In the elderly, the incidence of SLN metastasis appeared to be relatively low, providing an opportunity to de-escalate axillary surgery in these patients. These findings may allow for the development of a nomogram to estimate the risk of SLN metastasis.
Keyphrases
- sentinel lymph node
- lymph node
- early stage
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- end stage renal disease
- minimally invasive
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- risk factors
- squamous cell carcinoma
- radiation therapy
- middle aged
- lymph node metastasis
- childhood cancer
- surgical site infection