Axillary lymph node dissection offers no survival benefit in breast cancer patients with sentinel lymph node micrometastases after neoadjuvant therapy.

ABSTRACT: The role of axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in breast cancer patients with sentinel lymph node (SLN) micrometastases, particularly after neoadjuvant therapy, remains debated. The present study aimed to assess whether adding ALND provides a survival benefit in this population. Data were obtained from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database (2010-2021) and a validation cohort from the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University (2018-2024) for female breast cancer patients with SLN micrometastases (pTxN1miM0) after neoadjuvant therapy. Machine learning techniques (LASSO, random forest, and SVM-RFE) were used to identify key prognostic factors. Survival analyses were conducted using Kaplan‒Meier, Cox regression, and competing risk models to evaluate th

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12553599 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature