Is axillary lymph node dissection necessary in elderly patients with breast carcinoma who have a clinically uninvolved axilla?

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Axillary dissection in elderly patients with early-stage breast carcinoma who do not have palpable axillary lymph nodes is controversial because of the associated morbidity of the surgery, reduced life expectancy of the patients, and efficacy of hormone therapy in preventing recurrences and axillary events. METHODS:The authors performed a retrospective analysis of 671 consecutive patients with breast carcinoma who were age >or= 70 years and who underwent conservative breast surgery with axillary dissection (172 patients) or without axillary dissection (499 patients). Tamoxifen always was given. The effects of axillary dissection compared with no axillary dissection on breast carcinoma mortality and distant metastasis were analyzed using multiple proportional-hazards regression models. Because the assignment to axillary treatment was nonrandom, covariate adjustments were made for baseline variables that influenced the decision to perform axillary dissection and for prognostic factors. RESULTS:The crude cumulative incidence curves for breast carcinoma mortality and distant metastasis did not appear to differ significantly between the two groups (P = 0.530 and P = 0.840, respectively). The crude cumulative incidences of axillary lymph node occurrence at 5 years and 10 years were 4.4% and 5.9%, respectively (3.1% and 4.1%, respectively, for patients with pT1 tumors). CONCLUSIONS:Elderly patients with breast carcinoma who have no evidence of axillary lymph node involvement may be treated effectively with conservative surgery and tamoxifen. Immediate axillary dissection is not necessary but should be performed in the small percentage of patients who later develop overt axillary lymph node involvement.

journal_name

Cancer

journal_title

Cancer

authors

Martelli G,Miceli R,De Palo G,Coradini D,Salvadori B,Zucali R,Galante E,Marubini E

doi

10.1002/cncr.11173

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-03-01 00:00:00

pages

1156-63

issue

5

eissn

0008-543X

issn

1097-0142

journal_volume

97

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