Cancers | |
Number of Axillary Lymph Node Metastases Determined by Preoperative Ultrasound is Related to Prognosis in Patients with Breast Cancer | |
Yuko Kijima1  Heiji Yoshinaka2  Munetsugu Hirata2  Tadao Mizoguchi2  Sumiya Ishigami2  Akihiro Nakajo2  Hideo Arima2  Shinichi Ueno2  | |
[1] Department of Surgical Oncology, Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences 8-35-1, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan; | |
关键词: breast cancer; ultrasound; lymph node metastases; sentinel lymph node; prognosis; neoadjuvant therapy; | |
DOI : 10.3390/cancers2010020 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Objective: To analyze the impact on prognosis of the number of axillary lymph node metastases (LNM) detected by ultrasound (US) in patients with breast cancer. Methods: One-to-one comparison of LNM was performed between the ultrasound and histologic diagnosis in 380 patients. Results: The accuracy of preoperative ultrasound diagnosis was 79.7%. According to the subdivision of number of LNM (0, 1–3, 4–9, 10+), the accuracy rates associated with LNM were 82%, 49%, 34%, and 86%, respectively. The disease-free-survival curves according to the number of LNM were similar in them. Conclusion: Preoperative ultrasound can determine axillary involvement and may be useful for predicting prognosis.
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