| Staging for distant metastases in operable breast cancer: a suggested expansion of the ESMO guideline recommendation for staging imaging of node-negative, hormonal receptor-negative disease. | |
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PMID: 23341481 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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We evaluated the impact of staging procedures to detect asymptomatic distant metastases (DM) in the management of women with operable invasive breast cancer (BC, entire cohort: n = 866). Out of 472 patients with lymph node (LN)-negative disease (pN0), DM were found in four cases (detection rate: 0.8%). All four patients presented with established risk factors: hormone receptor (HR)-negative status, HER2-positive status, n = 3; 'triple-negative' disease, n = 1. Considering the subgroup of LN-negative patients whose tumors showed the risk factor 'negative HR status' (n = 66), the detection rate of DM was 6%. The detection rates of DM in higher pN categories were as follows: pN1:1.7%; pN2:9.5%; pN3:13.5%. We generally support the international guidelines, including those published by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) which emphasize that patients with early-stage BC do not profit from radiological staging for the detection of DM and recommend refraining from this. However, we would expand these guidelines and propose that screening should be carried out in node-negative patients whose tumors show established tumor-related risk factors (e.g. HR-negative and HER2-positive status), since in this particular subcohort, the detection rate of DM is with 6% similarly high as that of patients with four to nine positive LNs. |
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U Güth; M Vetter; D J Huang; V Heinzelmann-Schwarz |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology / ESMO Volume: 24 ISSN: 1569-8041 ISO Abbreviation: Ann. Oncol. Publication Date: 2013 Feb |
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Created Date: 2013-01-23 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9007735 Medline TA: Ann Oncol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 555-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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University Hospital Basel (UHB), Breast Center, Basel. |
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