Low incidence of lymph node metastasis in patients with microinvasive breast cancer: a Korean nationwide study.
Pill Sun PaikNam Sun PaikEun-Sook LeeJung Eun ChoiJoon JeongHyun Jo YounChang Ik YoonSoo Youn BaeTae-Kyung Robyn Yoonull nullPublished in: Annals of surgical treatment and research (2022)
The incidence of LNM in MIBC patients was only 4.0% in our study, suggesting that de-escalation of axillary surgical interventions could be carefully considered. The indications for axillary staging should be individualized considering tumor volume, age, hormone receptor status, and lymphovascular invasion to improve the quality of life of MIBC survivors.
Keyphrases
- lymph node metastasis
- lymph node
- end stage renal disease
- squamous cell carcinoma
- risk factors
- sentinel lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- newly diagnosed
- papillary thyroid
- chronic kidney disease
- ultrasound guided
- prognostic factors
- young adults
- randomized controlled trial
- clinical trial
- open label
- cell migration
- early stage
- radiation therapy