Survival After Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Compared with Axillary Lymph Node Dissection for Female Patients with T3-4c Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For patients with cN0 and T1-2 breast cancer, sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) can provide survival results equivalent to axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). However, whether it can be performed on T3-4c patients is still controversial.

Materials and methods

Female patients diagnosed with cN0, T3-4c, and M0 breast cancer from 2004 to 2019 were identified using the surveillance, epidemiology and end results (SEER) database and divided into 2 groups, the SLNB group (1-5 regional lymph nodes examined) and the ALND group (≥10 regional lymph nodes examined). Finally, only those with pN0 disease were included in the SLNB group. The baseline differences in clinicopathological characteristics between groups were eliminated by propensity score matching (PSM). We also c

SUBMITTER: Li P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10400163 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature