Axillary management in patients with breast cancer and positive axilla at diagnosis. Experience in a Spanish university hospital with a 5-year follow-up

Background: Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) was the standard in breast cancer with axillary involvement until recently. Along with the number of metastatic nodes, axillary positivity was considered a main prognostic factor and scientific evidence shows that the administration of radiotherapy o...

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Autores: Jiménez Gómez, Marta, Loro-Pérez, Jorge, Vega Benítez, Victor, Hernández Hernández, Juan Ramón, Argudo Aguirre, Nuria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/59356
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/59356
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_263_22
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Palabra clave:Axilla
Axillary dissection
Breast neoplasms
Follow-up studies
Lymph nodes
Lymphatic metastases
Neoadjuvant therapy
Sentinel lymph node biopsy
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spelling Axillary management in patients with breast cancer and positive axilla at diagnosis. Experience in a Spanish university hospital with a 5-year follow-upJiménez Gómez, MartaLoro-Pérez, JorgeVega Benítez, VictorHernández Hernández, Juan RamónArgudo Aguirre, NuriaAxillaAxillary dissectionBreast neoplasmsFollow-up studiesLymph nodesLymphatic metastasesNeoadjuvant therapySentinel lymph node biopsyBackground: Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) was the standard in breast cancer with axillary involvement until recently. Along with the number of metastatic nodes, axillary positivity was considered a main prognostic factor and scientific evidence shows that the administration of radiotherapy on ganglion areas decreases the risk of recurrence even in positive axilla. The objective of this study was to evaluate the axillary treatment in patients with positive axilla at diagnosis, the evolution of them over time, and to assess patient's follow-up with the aim of avoiding the morbidity associated with axillary dissection. Methods: A retrospective observational study of breast cancer patients diagnosed between 2010 and 2017 was performed. In total, 1,100 patients were studied, out of which 168 were women with clinically and histologically positive axilla at diagnosis. Seventy-six percent received primary chemotherapy and subsequent treatment with sentinel node biopsy, axillary dissection, or both. Patients with positive sentinel lymph node biopsy received either radiotherapy or lymphadenectomy depending on the year time they were diagnosed. Results: For 60 patients out of 168, neoadjuvant chemotherapy resulted in a complete pathological axillary response. Axillary recurrence was registered for six patients. No recurrence was detected in the biopsy group associated with radiotherapy. These results support the benefit of lymph node radiotherapy for patients with positive sentinel node biopsy after receiving primary chemotherapy. Conclusion: Sentinel node biopsy provides useful and reliable information about cancer staging and might prevent lymphadenectomy, leading to a decrease in morbidity. Pathological response to systemic treatment came out as the most important predictive factor of disease-free survival of breast cancer.Wolters Kluwer (LWW)202420242023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/59356http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_263_22reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésJ Cancer Res Ther. 2023 Jan-Mar;19(2):183-90© 2022 Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 Unported (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/593562026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Axillary management in patients with breast cancer and positive axilla at diagnosis. Experience in a Spanish university hospital with a 5-year follow-up
title Axillary management in patients with breast cancer and positive axilla at diagnosis. Experience in a Spanish university hospital with a 5-year follow-up
spellingShingle Axillary management in patients with breast cancer and positive axilla at diagnosis. Experience in a Spanish university hospital with a 5-year follow-up
Jiménez Gómez, Marta
Axilla
Axillary dissection
Breast neoplasms
Follow-up studies
Lymph nodes
Lymphatic metastases
Neoadjuvant therapy
Sentinel lymph node biopsy
title_short Axillary management in patients with breast cancer and positive axilla at diagnosis. Experience in a Spanish university hospital with a 5-year follow-up
title_full Axillary management in patients with breast cancer and positive axilla at diagnosis. Experience in a Spanish university hospital with a 5-year follow-up
title_fullStr Axillary management in patients with breast cancer and positive axilla at diagnosis. Experience in a Spanish university hospital with a 5-year follow-up
title_full_unstemmed Axillary management in patients with breast cancer and positive axilla at diagnosis. Experience in a Spanish university hospital with a 5-year follow-up
title_sort Axillary management in patients with breast cancer and positive axilla at diagnosis. Experience in a Spanish university hospital with a 5-year follow-up
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Jiménez Gómez, Marta
Loro-Pérez, Jorge
Vega Benítez, Victor
Hernández Hernández, Juan Ramón
Argudo Aguirre, Nuria
author Jiménez Gómez, Marta
author_facet Jiménez Gómez, Marta
Loro-Pérez, Jorge
Vega Benítez, Victor
Hernández Hernández, Juan Ramón
Argudo Aguirre, Nuria
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author2 Loro-Pérez, Jorge
Vega Benítez, Victor
Hernández Hernández, Juan Ramón
Argudo Aguirre, Nuria
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Axilla
Axillary dissection
Breast neoplasms
Follow-up studies
Lymph nodes
Lymphatic metastases
Neoadjuvant therapy
Sentinel lymph node biopsy
topic Axilla
Axillary dissection
Breast neoplasms
Follow-up studies
Lymph nodes
Lymphatic metastases
Neoadjuvant therapy
Sentinel lymph node biopsy
description Background: Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) was the standard in breast cancer with axillary involvement until recently. Along with the number of metastatic nodes, axillary positivity was considered a main prognostic factor and scientific evidence shows that the administration of radiotherapy on ganglion areas decreases the risk of recurrence even in positive axilla. The objective of this study was to evaluate the axillary treatment in patients with positive axilla at diagnosis, the evolution of them over time, and to assess patient's follow-up with the aim of avoiding the morbidity associated with axillary dissection. Methods: A retrospective observational study of breast cancer patients diagnosed between 2010 and 2017 was performed. In total, 1,100 patients were studied, out of which 168 were women with clinically and histologically positive axilla at diagnosis. Seventy-six percent received primary chemotherapy and subsequent treatment with sentinel node biopsy, axillary dissection, or both. Patients with positive sentinel lymph node biopsy received either radiotherapy or lymphadenectomy depending on the year time they were diagnosed. Results: For 60 patients out of 168, neoadjuvant chemotherapy resulted in a complete pathological axillary response. Axillary recurrence was registered for six patients. No recurrence was detected in the biopsy group associated with radiotherapy. These results support the benefit of lymph node radiotherapy for patients with positive sentinel node biopsy after receiving primary chemotherapy. Conclusion: Sentinel node biopsy provides useful and reliable information about cancer staging and might prevent lymphadenectomy, leading to a decrease in morbidity. Pathological response to systemic treatment came out as the most important predictive factor of disease-free survival of breast cancer.
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