title: Predicting sentinel lymph node metastases in infiltrating breast carcinoma with vascular invasion.
abstract: Sentinel lymph node and clinically negative axillary node status was compared with well-known clinicopathological characteristics such as tumor size, histologic and nuclear grade, lymphovascular invasion, steroid receptor, and HER-2 status in patients with breast cancer (pT1 and pT2). Positive sentinel lymph nodes were found in 29 of 100 patients: 19 with metastases detected by hematoxylin and eosin staining and 10 with micrometastases confirmed by immunohistochemistry with cytokeratin. Positive sentinel lymph nodes were present in larger carcinomas (P < 0.03), more frequently in tumors with negative PR status (P < 0.037) and evident lymphovascular invasion (P < 0.002). Lymphovascular invasion was also associated with breast cancer of higher histologic (P = 0.011) and nuclear grade (P = 0.039). Tumor size and the presence of lymphovascular invasion were found to be significant predictors of pathologically positive sentinel lymph node in T1 and T2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia. nives@medri.hr
authors.forename: Nives
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jonjic
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mustac
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dekanic
authors.forename: Blazen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marijic
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gaspar
authors.forename: Ivana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kolic
authors.forename: Miran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coklo
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sasso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D007633:Keratins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000098:blood supply / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
chemical_list: D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D007633:Keratins