Clinicopathological features of breast cancer patients with internal mammary and/or supraclavicular lymph node recurrence without distant metastasis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Internal mammary and/or supraclavicular (IM-SC) lymph node (LN) recurrence without distant metastasis (DM) in patients with breast cancer is rare, and there have been few reports on its clinical outcomes.

Methods

We enrolled 4237 patients with clinical stage I-IIIC breast cancer treated between January 2007 and December 2012. Clinicopathological features of patients with IM-SC LN recurrence and patients with DM were retrospectively reviewed.

Results

With a median follow-up time 78 (range, 13-125) months after the primary operation, 14 (0.3%) had IM-SC LN recurrence without DM and 274 (6.5%) had DM at the first recurrence among 4237 patients. No statistical differences were found in the baseline characteristics of the primary tumor between the two groups. Th

SUBMITTER: Inari H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7526116 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature