2024
Incidence of Pathologic Nodal Disease in Clinically Node-Negative, Microinvasive or T1a Breast Cancers
Dey P, Kc M, Proussaloglou E, Khubchandani J, Kim L, Zanieski G, Park T, Lynch M, Gillego A, Valero M, Schneider E, Golshan M, Greenup R, Berger E. Incidence of Pathologic Nodal Disease in Clinically Node-Negative, Microinvasive or T1a Breast Cancers. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2024, 31: 8821-8828. PMID: 39240394, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-024-16124-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerClinically node-negativePathologically node-negativePN+ diseaseNode-negativeBreast cancerYears of ageNodal diseaseHR-/HER2Significant comorbiditiesEpidermal growth factor receptor 2-positiveOdds of node positivityRate of nodal diseaseTriple-positive breast cancerTriple positive breast cancerEarly-stage breast cancerHR-positive/HER2-negativePathologic nodal diseasePathologic nodal positivityPredictors of pN+T1a breast cancerHR-/HER2+Sentinel node biopsyNational Cancer DatabasePathologic nodal stage
2020
Omission of Surgical Axillary Lymph Node Staging in Patients with Tubular Breast Cancer
Özkurt E, Wong S, Rhei E, Golshan M, Brock J, Barbie TU. Omission of Surgical Axillary Lymph Node Staging in Patients with Tubular Breast Cancer. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2020, 28: 2589-2598. PMID: 33078312, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-020-09223-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive ductal carcinomaER-positive invasive ductal carcinomasSurgical axillary stagingNational Cancer DatabaseTubular carcinomaLN involvementAxillary stagingOverall survivalDuctal carcinomaGrade IBreast cancerPositive invasive ductal carcinomaAxillary lymph node stagingKaplan-Meier survival curvesAxillary LN involvementFavorable breast cancerLN-positive diseasePropensity-matched analysisKaplan-Meier methodLymph node metastasisLymph node stagingTubular breast cancerLN diseaseNCDB cohortNodal involvement