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Impact of preoperative ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration of axillary lymph nodes on surgical management of primary breast cancer.

Authors
 So Hee Park  ;  Min Jung Kim  ;  Byoung-Woo Park  ;  Hee Jung Moon  ;  Jin Young Kwak  ;  Eun-Kyung Kim 
Citation
 ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, Vol.18(3) : 738-744, 2011 
Journal Title
ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
ISSN
 1068-9265 
Issue Date
2011
MeSH
Adult ; Aged ; Axilla ; Biopsy,Fine-Needle ; BreastNeoplasms/diagnostic imaging* ; BreastNeoplasms/pathology ; BreastNeoplasms/surgery* ; Carcinoma, Ductal,Breast/diagnostic imaging ; Carcinoma, Ductal,Breast/pathology ; Carcinoma, Ductal,Breast/surgery ; Carcinoma, Lobular/diagnostic imaging ; Carcinoma, Lobular/pathology ; Carcinoma, Lobular/surgery ; Female ; Humans ; LymphNodes/diagnostic imaging* ; LymphNodes/pathology ; LymphNodes/surgery* ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Middle Aged ; PreoperativeCare ; Prognosis ; Retrospective Studies ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; SentinelLymphNode Biopsy ; Survival Rate ; Ultrasonography, Interventional*
Keywords
Breast Cancer ; Positive Predictive Value ; Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy ; Axillary Lymph Node ; Negative Predictive Value
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the accuracy of preoperative ultrasonography (US) and US-guided fine-needle aspiration (US-FNA) for detecting axillary lymph node (ALN) metastasis.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 382 breast cancer patients with clinically negative ALN who underwent US and/or US-FNA for ALN. US-FNA of ALN was performed in 121 patients with suspicious findings on US. The diagnostic performance of US alone or with the addition of US-FNA for detecting ALN metastasis was calculated on the basis of final pathologic reports of ALN surgery.

RESULTS: Among a total of 382 patients, 129 had metastatic ALNs while 253 exhibited no signs of axillary metastasis on final pathology. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of axillary US alone were 56.6% (73/129), 81.0% (205/253), 60.3% (73/121), and 78.5% (205/261), respectively. Addition of US-FNA resulted in sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of 39.5% (51/129), 95.7% (242/253), 82.3% (51/62), and 75.6% (242/320), respectively. Excluding complete responders to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, specificity and PPV after adding US-FNA were increased to 99.6% (242/243) and 98.1% (51/52), respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of ALN metastasis were similar between the palpable and nonpalpable breast cancer groups; however, after adding US-FNA, NPV was increased in the nonpalpable breast cancer group compared with the palpable breast cancer group (p = 0.0398). By including preoperative axillary US and US-FNA, 16.2% (62/382) of all breast cancer patients were able to avoid unnecessary sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB).

CONCLUSIONS: The combination of axillary US and US-FNA is useful in preoperative work-up of breast cancer patients and provides valuable information for planning proper breast cancer management.
Full Text
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1245%2Fs10434-010-1347-y
DOI
10.1245/s10434-010-1347-y
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Radiology (영상의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Surgery (외과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kwak, Jin Young(곽진영) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6212-1495
Kim, Min Jung(김민정) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-1237
Kim, Eun-Kyung(김은경) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3368-5013
Moon, Hee Jung(문희정) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5643-5885
Park, Byeong Woo(박병우) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1353-2607
Park, So Hee(박소희)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/92640
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