Trends in axillary surgery and clinical outcomes among breast cancer patients with sentinel node metastasis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a lack of studies examining the long-term trend and survival of axillary surgery for breast cancer patients with sentinel node metastasis, especially for the patients with 3-5 node metastases.

Methods

Breast cancer patients with 1-5 sentinel node metastases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database from 2000 to 2016. Our study presented the trend of axillary surgery and assessed the long-term survival of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) alone vs axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) for those patients.

Results

Of the 41,996 patients diagnosed with T_1-2 breast cancer after lumpectomy and radiation included, 34,940 had 1-2 sentinel node metastases and 7056 had 3-5 sentinel node metastases. The percentage of pati

SUBMITTER: Gou Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8892150 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature