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Sentinel Node Biopsy After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Biopsy-Proven Node-Positive Breast Cancer: The SN FNAC Study

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 3, Pages 258-U150

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AMER SOC CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2014.55.7827

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  1. Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation
  2. Cancer Research Society
  3. Week-end to End Women's Cancers
  4. Montreal Jewish General Segal Cancer Centre

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Purpose An increasing proportion of patients (> 30%) with node-positive breast cancer will obtain an axillary pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). If sentinel node (SN) biopsy (SNB) is accurate in this setting, completion node dissection (CND) morbidity could be avoided. Patients and Methods In the prospective multicentric SN FNAC study, patients with biopsy-proven node-positive breast cancer (T0-3, N1-2) underwent both SNB and CND. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) use was mandatory, and SN metastases of any size, including isolated tumor cells (ypN0[i +], <= 0.2 mm), were considered positive. The optimal SNB identification rate (IR) >= 90% and false-negative rate (FNR) <= 10% were predetermined. Results From March 2009 to December 2012, 153 patients were accrued to the study. The SNB IR was 87.6% (127 of 145; 95% CI, 82.2% to 93.0%), and the FNR was 8.4% (seven of 83; 95% CI, 2.4% to 14.4%). If SN ypN0(i +) s had been considered negative, the FNR would have increased to 13.3% (11 of 83; 95% CI, 6.0% to 20.6%). There was no correlation between size of SN metastases and rate of positive non-SNs. Using this method, 30.3% of patients could potentially avoid CND. Conclusion In biopsy-proven node-positive breast cancer after NAC, a low SNB FNR (8.4%) can be achieved with mandatory use of IHC. SN metastases of any size should be considered positive. The SNB IR was 87.6%, and in the presence of a technical failure, axillary node dissection should be performed. We recommend that SN evaluation with IHC be further evaluated before being included in future guidelines on the use of SNB after NAC in this setting. (C) 2014 by American Society of Clinical Oncology

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