Axillary Lymph Node Metastases in Patients with T1 Breast Carcinoma: Correlation with Histopathologic and Immunohistochemical Characteristics of the Primary Tumor / 대한암학회지
Journal of the Korean Cancer Association
;
: 1179-1187, 1999.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-174960
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Axillary lymph node metastases (ALNM) are the most important prognostic indicator in breast carcinoma. Because of relatively low incidence of axillary metastasis in the patients with Tl breast carcinoma, axillary lymph node dissection is now no longer considered to be the standard treatment. A reliable prediction of ALNM.may reduce the need for axillary lymph node dissection and may facilitate to select appropriate treatment modality. We have attempted to identify histopathologic/immunohistochemical factors correlated with ALNM in the patients with Tl breast carcinoma. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Forty-one patients with Tl breast carcinoma who underwent modified radical mastectomy and axillary dissection between January 1993 and February 1999 were studied. We investigated the relationship between ALNM and the histopathologic/immunohistochemical factors (size, lymphatic-vascular invasion (LVI), histologic grade, age, estrogen receptor (ER) status, progesterone receptor (PR) status, p53 protein, cathepsin D (CD), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), transforming growth factor (TGF)- B 2, and microvessel density (MVD)).RESULTS:
Fourteen (34.2%) out of the 41 patients with Tl breast carcinoma had ALNM. There are five statistically significant factors correlated with ALNM; lymphatic-vascular invasion (P=0.002), histologic grade (P 0.047), immunohistochemical expression of CD (P=0.005) and TGF- B 2 (P=0.004), and microvessel density (P=0.002).CONCLUSION:
The histopathologic/immunohistochemical features of the primary breast tumor, such as LVI, increase in MVD, TGF- B 2 and CD expression, and histologic grade might be useful predictors of ALNM in patients with Tl breast carcinoma.
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Main subject:
Breast
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Breast Neoplasms
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Mastectomy, Modified Radical
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Transforming Growth Factors
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Receptors, Progesterone
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Incidence
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Fibroblast Growth Factor 2
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Cathepsin D
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
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Estrogens
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Cancer Association
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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