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MEDICINE
Volume 102, Issue 33, Pages -Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000034808
Keywords
axillary lymph node; breast cancer; sentinel lymph node biopsy; systemic immune inflammation index
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This study investigated the value of inflammatory indices in predicting positive sentinel nodes in breast cancer and analyzed data from 602 breast cancer patients. The results showed that inflammatory indices did not affect the prediction of sentinel lymph node biopsy results, contrary to previous research.
Breast cancer research has focused on the early detection and treatment of breast cancer. Axillary lymph node status is essential for primary breast cancer staging, recurrence, and survival. The current quest for precision medicine is to identify predictive markers that offer the advantage of individualized treatment options. This study aimed to investigate the value of inflammatory indices in predicting positive sentinel nodes in breast cancer. We studied 602 patients with early-stage breast cancer who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsies (SLNB) at the Bulent Ecevit University General Surgery Clinic. We obtained data, including the clinical and demographic characteristics of the patients, such as age, histological type, and sentinel lymph nodes. Neutrophil, lymphocyte, platelet, and monocyte counts were obtained from preoperative complete blood count test data from the patient registry. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), systemic inflammatory index (SII), and sentinel lymph node biopsy were analyzed. Sentinel LAP was negative in 391 (65%) patients and positive in 211 (35%). In the receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, no significant difference was found between SLNB positivity and negativity in terms of NLR, PLR, LMR, or SII. In contrast to previous research, NLR, PLR, LMR, or SII did not affect SLNB positivity prediction in our study.
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