Axillary Lymph Node Sonographic Features and Breast Tumor Characteristics as Predictors of Malignancy: A Nomogram to Predict Risk

Publication date: Available online 17 June 2017
Source:Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
Author(s): Patricia Akissue de Camargo Teixeira, Luciano F. Chala, Carlos Shimizu, José R. Filassi, Jonathan Y. Maesaka, Nestor de Barros
The purpose of this study was to build a mathematical model to predict the probability of axillary lymph node metastasis based on the ultrasonographic features of axillary lymph nodes and the tumor characteristics. We included 74 patients (75 axillae) with invasive breast cancer who underwent axillary ultrasonography ipsilateral to the tumor and fine-needle aspiration of one selected lymph node. Lymph node pathology results from sentinel lymph node biopsy or surgical dissection were correlated with lymph node ultrasonographic data and with the cytologic findings of fine-needle aspiration. Our mathematical model of prediction risk of lymph node metastasis included only pre-surgical data from logistic regression analysis: lymph node cortical thickness (p = 0.005), pre-surgical tumor size (p = 0.030), menopausal status (p = 0.017), histologic type (p = 0.034) and tumor location (p = 0.011). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the model was 0.848, reflecting an excellent discrimination of the model. This nomogram may assist in the choice of the optimal axillary approach.



http://ift.tt/2rIsNzU