The relationship between distance of breast cancer from the skin and incidence of axillary nodal metastasis in female patients with early cancer breast: correlation between radiological and pathological distance | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Surgery | ||||
| Article 13, Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2021 PDF (1.46 MB) | ||||
| DOI: 10.4103/ejs.ejs_261_20 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Mohamed S. Essa; Mohamed H. Faheem; Rana Abdalla; Mohamed E. Zayed | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between proximity of breast cancer to the skin and incidence of axillary nodal metastasis in order to clarify a new guideline in the treatment of early cancer breast. Patients and methods This study included 50 female patients with early cancer breast (T1 and T2). All patients underwent breast ultrasonography, with special confirmation on the breast cancer distance from skin surface (radiological distance) in addition to pathological assessment of the distance (pathological distance) after surgical excision and its correlation with radiological distance. Breast conservative surgery with axillary clearance was done for 46 patients, whereas four patients underwent modified radical mastectomy. Results This study showed that the more proximal the cancer from the skin, the higher the incidence of axillary lymph node metastasis, and the cut-off radiological distance was 1.55 cm, whereas cutoff pathological distance was 1.5 cm. It also proved that ultrasonography is an accurate and reliable method in assessing the breast cancer distance. Conclusion Results revealed that breast cancers located closer to the skin surface have a higher incidence of axillary lymph node metastasis. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| axillary lymph node metastasis; distance from the skin surface; Early breast cancer; ultrasonography in cancer breast | ||||
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