SHI Zhiqiang, QIU Pengfei, CONG Binbin. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and axillary de-escalation management for patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer[J]. China Oncology, 2018, 28(12): 922-927.
SHI Zhiqiang, QIU Pengfei, CONG Binbin. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and axillary de-escalation management for patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer[J]. China Oncology, 2018, 28(12): 922-927. DOI: 10.19401/j.cnki.1007-3639.2018.12.007.
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and axillary de-escalation management for patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer
Background and purpose: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is regarded as the standard of care in patients with clinically node-negative (cN
0
) disease in early-stage breast cancer
but the timing of SLNB and neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in cN
0
patients is still controversial. This study aimed to explore the optimal timing of SLNB and NAC
and to assess the feasibility of selective elimination of axillary surgery after NAC in cN
0
patients. Methods: From Oct. 2010 to Apr. 2018
809 patients who underwent surgery after NAC were included in this retrospective study to analyze the correlation between different clinicopathological characteristics of cN
0
patients and negative axillary lymph node conversion after NAC (ie
ypN
0
). Results: Among the 138 cN
0
patients receiving NAC
81.9% (113/138) were ypN
0
. The rates of ypN
0
after NAC in patients with hormone receptor positive (HR+)/ human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HER2
-
)
HR
+
/HER2
+
HR
-
/HER2
+
and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) were 75.4% (15/61)
81.0% (17/21)
79.2% (19/24) and 96.9% (31/32)
respectively(P0.001). The rates of ypN
0
after NAC in patients with HER2
+
(with targeted therapy) and TNBC were 94.1% (16/17) and 96.9% (31/32)
respectively
which were significantly higher than that in HR
+
/HER2
-
patients (P0.05). Molecular subtypes
clinical stage
radiologic complete response and pathologic complete response (bpCR) of the breast tumor correlated with ypN
0
after NAC (with full-course chemotherapy
P0.05). Molecular subtypes (OR=0.454
P=0.049)
clinical stage (OR=3.174
P=0.029) and bpCR (OR=0.337
P=0.016) of the breast tumor were independent predictors for ypN
0
after NAC. Conclusion: The
optimal timing of SLNB and NAC in cN
0
patients might be different among different molecular subtypes. It would be preferable to perform SLNB prior to NAC for HR
+
/HER2
-
patients
and SLNB after NAC for HER2
+
(with targeted therapy) and TNBC patients to reduce the risk of axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). In view of the high ypN
0
rate after NAC in cN
0
patients
axillary surgical staging might be selectively eliminated
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