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Bi Z, Zheng CH, Ren TY, Wang YS. Internal mammary regional management after neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer. Int J Surg 2024; 110:2508-2510. [PMID: 38363988 DOI: 10.1097/js9.0000000000001188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Zhao Bi
- Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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Li Y, Fei Y. Analysis of factors influencing the pathological complete remission (ipCR) in patients with internal mammary lymph node metastasis after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. PeerJ 2023; 11:e16141. [PMID: 37818328 PMCID: PMC10561637 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.16141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
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Objective To investigate the factors impacting pathological complete remission (ipCR) of the internal mammary lymph nodes in patients with internal mammary lymph node metastasis (IMLN) after adjuvant chemotherapy. Methods Sixty-five cases of primary breast cancer (BC) with IMLN metastasis who had received neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) were retrospectively analyzed. Postoperative pathology was used to divide the patients into ipCR and non-ipCR groups. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed on ipCR after NAC. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the predictive value of the factors related to ipCR and a Kaplan-Meier curve was used to analyze prognosis. Results Twenty-nine (44.62%) of the 65 female patients received ipCR after NAC. Significant differences in hormone receptor (HR) negative and axillary pathological complete response (apCR) rates between the ipCR and non-ipCR group (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that HR (OR = 2.698) and apCR (OR = 4.546) were the most significant factors that influenced ipCR (P < 0.05). The ROC curves showed that the area under the curves (AUC) for HR and apCR for the prediction of ipCR were 0.744 and 0.735 respectively. The AUC for the combined detection was 0.905. The average disease free survival (DFS) for patients in the ipCR group was 94.0 months which was significantly longer compared to patients in the non-ipCR group (64.2 months) (χ2 = 4.265, P = 0.039). No significant difference in OS was detected between the two groups (P > 0.05). Conclusions ipCR after NAC is correlated with HR and apCR. HR combined with apCR has value in predicting ipCR. ipCR has prognostic value in patients with IMLN metastasis and may have the potential to inform clinical decision-making. Further validation of these findings is required through larger-scale prospective studies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yang Li
- Department of General Surgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Evaluation of the Property of Axillary Lymph Nodes and Analysis of Lymph Node Metastasis Factors in Breast Cancer by Ultrasound Elastography. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2022; 2022:8066289. [PMID: 35693263 PMCID: PMC9187465 DOI: 10.1155/2022/8066289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This research was aimed at investigating the role of ultrasound elastography (UE) in evaluating the properties of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer and exploring the influencing factors of lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients. Routine ultrasonography (US) and UE were performed for 160 breast cancer patients. 80 cases were in the group with lymph node metastasis, and the other 80 were in the nonlymph node metastasis group. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the two ultrasound examinations were compared, the receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curves were drawn, and the influencing factors of lymph node metastasis were analyzed. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of UE in diagnosing axillary lymph nodes of breast cancer were 97.22%, 95.45%, and 96.25%, respectively, which were markedly higher than those of routine US (P < 0.05). Cortical thickness, blood flow grade, blood flow type, and elasticity score had a greater impact on axillary lymph node metastasis of breast cancer. When cortical thickness ≥ 3 cm, blood flow was of 2-3 grades, blood flow was the peripheral/mixed type, and elasticity score was 3-4 points, these became risk factors for lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients. UE was effective in diagnosing the property of lymph nodes and could evaluate lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients. It had a good clinical value and was worthy of popularization and application.
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Clinical audit of breast cancer patients treated with helical tomotherapy for irradiation of the internal mammary chain. JOURNAL OF RADIOTHERAPY IN PRACTICE 2022. [DOI: 10.1017/s1460396921000625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Aim:
To evaluate efficacy of helical tomotherapy (HT) for treatment of breast cancer with internal mammary lymph node involvement.
Methods:
This is a retrospective clinical audit of planning, dosimetry, toxicity and short-term survival of a cohort of 65 patients. Patients were treated between November 2014 and May 2019. The primary and nodal region was prescribed a dose of 50 Gray (Gy) in 25 fractions, while all cases of breast conserving surgery received a simultaneous integrated boost to a dose of 61 Gy in 25 fractions.
Results:
The 95% coverage for the primary, supraclavicular, internal mammary node and tumour bed was 93·4%, 96·8%, 90·7% and 98·3%, respectively. Mean dose to total lung, heart and contra-lateral breast was 10·6 Gy, 6·92 Gy and 4·32 Gy, respectively. None developed grade III skin or oesophageal toxicity. Twenty-one patients had progression; of which eighteen developed only distant failure while three also had loco-regional recurrence. At a median follow-up of 36 months, the 3-year loco-regional control, disease-free survival and overall survival were 93·5, 73·9 and 85·9%, respectively.
Conclusion:
We report encouraging clinical outcome for patients treated uniformly with HT. The predominant pattern of failure was distant metastases which suggests the need for systemic control intensification.
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Kim H, Kim YJ, Park D, Park WY, Choi DH, Park W, Cho WK, Kim N. Dynamics of circulating tumor DNA during postoperative radiotherapy in patients with residual triple-negative breast cancer following neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a prospective observational study. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2021; 189:167-175. [PMID: 34152505 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-021-06296-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND This study was performed to evaluate circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) kinetics during postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) in patients with residual triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) at surgery following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). METHODS Stage II/III patients with post-NAC residual TNBC who required PORT were prospectively included in this study between March 2019 and July 2020. For 11 TNBC patients, next-generation sequencing targeting 38 genes was conducted in 55 samples, including tumor tissue, three plasma samples, and leukocytes from each patient. The plasma samples were collected at three-time points; pre-PORT (T0), after 3 weeks of PORT (T1), and 1 month after PORT (T2). Serial changes in ctDNA variant allele frequency (VAF) were analyzed. RESULTS Somatic variants were found in the tumor specimens in 9 out of 11 (81.8%) patients. Mutated genes included TP53 (n = 7); PIK3CA (n = 2); and AKT1, APC, CSMD3, MYC, PTEN, and RB1 (n = 1). These tumor mutations were not found in plasma samples. Plasma ctDNA variants were detected in three (27.3%) patients at T0. Mutations in EGFR (n = 1), CTNNB1 (n = 1), and MAP2K (n = 1) was identified with ctDNA analysis. In two (18.2%) patients, the ctDNA VAF decreased through T1 and T2 while increasing at T2 in one (9.1%) patient. After a median follow-up of 22 months, no patient showed cancer recurrence. CONCLUSION Among patients with post-NAC residual TNBC, more than a quarter exhibited a detectable amount of ctDNA after curative surgery. The ctDNA VAF changed variably during the course of PORT. Therefore, ctDNA kinetics can serve as a biomarker for optimizing adjuvant treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Haeyoung Kim
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-Ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, Republic of Korea.
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- Samsung Genome Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
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- Samsung Genome Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.,GENINUS Inc, Seoul, South Korea
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- Samsung Genome Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-Ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-Ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-Ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-Ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, Republic of Korea
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