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ArticleEuropean journal of breast health2017

Factors Influencing Non-sentinel Node Metastasis in Patients with Macrometastatic Sentinel Lymph Node Involvement and Validation of Three Commonly Used Nomograms.

Hikmet Erhan Güven, Lütfi Doğan, Mahmut Onur Kültüroğlu, Mehmet Ali Gülçelik, Cihangir Özaslan

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Article in European journal of breast health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Hikmet Erhan GüvenDepartment of General Surgery, Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Lütfi DoğanDepartment of General Surgery, Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Mahmut Onur KültüroğluDepartment of General Surgery, Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Mehmet Ali GülçelikDepartment of General Surgery, Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Cihangir ÖzaslanDepartment of General Surgery, Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

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Abstract

objectiveOmitting axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in a subgroup of patients with sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastasis is becoming a widely accepted practice. Avoiding the well-known complications of ALND is the sole aim without compromising the curative intention of surgery. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe data were probed for breast cancer patients that were operated on between February 2014 and June 2016. SLN biopsies were performed in 507 patients and out of 157 patients who underwent ALND for a metastatic SLN, 151 were found eligible for the analyses as having macrometastatic (>2mm) SLN. MD Anderson, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Helsinki nomograms were also tested in our patient population.

resultsPathologic tumor size greater than 2 cm, the ratio of metastatic SLN to dissected SLN, metastatic tumor greater than 1 cm and tumors that extended outside the SLN's capsule were found to be associated with non-sentinel node metastasis in both univariate and multivariate tests. MD Anderson nomogram performed well with an area under the curve (AUC) value of 0.72.

conclusionOur results suggest that ALND should be considered in patients with macrometastatic SLN greater than 10 mm in size, have extracapsular extension, have metastatic SLNs at a rate of more than 50% and whose primary tumor is greater than 2 cm.

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Breast cancernomogramnon-sentinel node metastasissentinel node

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PMCPMC5648275
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