Nonsentinel Axillary Lymph Node Status in Clinically Node-Negative Early Breast Cancer After Primary Systemic Therapy and Positive Sentinel Lymph Node: A Predictive Model Proposal.
Isaac CebrecosEduard MensionInmaculada AlonsoHelena CastilloEsther SanfeliuSergi Vidal-SicartSergi GanauMaria VidalFrancesco SchettiniPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2023)
In cN0 EBC with post-PST SLN+, non-SLN+ at ALND are infrequent (~22%) and independently associated to PR levels and macrometastatic SLN. ALND-predict multiparametric score accurately predicted absence of non-SLN involvement, identifying most patients who could be safely spared unnecessary ALND. Prospective validation is required.