Preoperative ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of axillary nodes in invasive breast cancer: Meta-analysis of its accuracy and utility in staging the axilla

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-251

  Houssami, Nehmat ^a   Ciatto, Stefano ^b   Turner, Robin M ^a   Cody, Hiram S ^c   MacAskill, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Breast Cancer Screening Program   (Italy)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND GUIDED NEEDLE BIOPSY;

AXILLA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR BURDEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79961021929     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31821f1564     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Ciatto S, Brancato B, Risso G, et al. Accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of axillary lymph nodes as a triage test in breast cancer staging. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2007;103:85-91. (Pubitemid 46653270)
2. Britton PD, Goud A, Godward S, et al. Use of ultrasound-guided axillary node core biopsy in staging of early breast cancer. Eur Radiol. 2009;19:561-569.
3. de Kanter AY, van Eijck CH, van Geel A, et al. Multicentre study of ultrasonographically guided axillary node biopsy in patients with breast cancer. Br J Surg. 1999;86:1459-1462. (Pubitemid 29525180)
4. Kuenen-Boumeester V, Menke-Pluymers M, de Kanter AY, et al. Ultrasoundguided fine needle aspiration cytology of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients. A preoperative staging procedure. Eur J Cancer. 2003;39:170-174. (Pubitemid 36057066)
5. Deurloo EE, Tanis PJ, Gilhuijs KG, et al. Reduction in the number of sentinel lymph node procedures by preoperative ultrasonography of the axilla in breast cancer. Eur J Cancer. 2003;39:1068-1073. (Pubitemid 36555863)
6. Damera A, Evans AJ, Cornford EJ, et al. Diagnosis ofaxillary nodal metastases by ultrasound-guided core biopsy in primary operable breast cancer. Br J Cancer. 2003;89:1310-1313. (Pubitemid 37363422)
7. Luparia A, Campanino P, Cotti R, et al. Role of axillary ultrasound in the preoperative diagnosis of lymph node metastases in patients affected by breast carcinoma. Radiol Med. 2010;115:225-237.
8. National Institute of Clinical excellence (NICE). Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and treatment. Developed for NICE by the National Collaborating Centre for Cancer, 2009. ww.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/ CG80FullGuideline.pdf. Accessed October 24 2009.
9. Bossuyt PM, Irwig L, Craig J, et al. Comparative accuracy: assessing new tests against existing diagnostic pathways. BMJ. 2006;332:1089-1092. (Pubitemid 44365494)
10. Baruah BP, Goyal A, Young P, et al. Axillary node staging by ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration cytology in patients with breast cancer. Br J Surg. 2010;97:680-683.
11. Holwitt DM, Swatske ME, Gillanders WE, et al. Scientific presentation award: the combination of axillary ultrasound and ultrasound-guided biopsy is an accurate predictor of axillary stage in clinically node-negative breast cancer patients. Am J Surg. 2008;196:477-482.
12. Popli MB, Sahoo M, Mehrotra N, et al. Preoperative ultrasound-guided fineneedle aspiration cytology for axillary staging in breast carcinoma. Aust Radiol. 2006;50:122-126.
13. Sahoo S, Sanders MA, Roland L, et al. A strategic approach to the evaluation of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients: analysis of 168 patients at a single institution. Am J Surg. 2007;194:524-526. (Pubitemid 47361061)
14. Davis JT, Brill YM, Simmons S, et al. Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of clinically negative lymph nodes versus sentinel node mapping in patients at high risk for axillary metastasis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2006;13:1545-1552. (Pubitemid 44951461)
15. Duchesne N, Jaffey J, Florack P, et al. Redefining ultrasound appearance criteria of positive axillary lymph nodes. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2005;56:289-296. (Pubitemid 43234955)
16. Abe H, Schmidt RA, Kulkarni K, et al. Axillary lymph nodes suspicious for breast cancer metastasis: sampling with US-guided 14-gauge core-needle biopsy: clinical experience in 100 patients. Radiology. 2009;250:41-49.
17. Rao R, Lilley L, Andrews V, et al. Axillary staging by percutaneous biopsy: sensitivity of fine-needle aspiration versus core needle biopsy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2009;16:1170-1175.
18. Sapino A, Cassoni P, Zanon E, et al. Ultrasonographically-guided fine-needle aspiration of axillary lymph nodes: role in breast cancer management. Br J Cancer. 2003;88:702-706. (Pubitemid 36411448)
19. Brancato B, Zappa M, Bricolo D, et al. Role of ultrasound-guided fine needle cytology of axillary lymph nodes in breast carcinoma staging. Radiol Med. 2004;108:345-355. (Pubitemid 39487004)
20. Podkrajsek M, Music MM, Kadivec M, et al. Role of ultrasound in the preoperative staging of patients with breast cancer. Eur Radiol. 2005;15:1044-1050. (Pubitemid 41166738)
21. Krishnamurthy S, Sneige N, Bedi DG, et al. Role of ultrasound-guided fineneedle aspiration of indeterminate and suspicious axillary lymph nodes in the initial staging of breast carcinoma. Cancer. 2002;95:982-988. (Pubitemid 34925346)
22. Bonnema J, van Geel AN, van OB, et al. Ultrasound-guided aspiration biopsy for detection of nonpalpable axillary node metastases in breast cancer patients: new diagnostic method. World J Surg. 1997;21:270-274. (Pubitemid 27100487)
23. Bedrosian I, Bedi D, Kuerer HM, et al. Impact of clinicopathological factors on sensitivity of axillary ultrasonography in the detection of axillary nodal metastases in patients with breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2003;10:1025-1030. (Pubitemid 40486825)
24. Cowher MS, Erb KM, Poller W, et al. Correlation of the use of axillary ultrasound and lymph node needle biopsy with surgical lymph node pathology in patients with invasive breast cancer. Am J Surg. 2008;196:756-759.
25. van Rijk MC, Deurloo EE, Nieweg OE, et al. Ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration cytology can spare breast cancer patients unnecessary sentinel lymph node biopsy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2006;13:31-35. (Pubitemid 43117642)
26. Boughey JC, Middleton LP, Harker L, et al. Utility of ultrasound and fineneedle aspiration biopsy of the axilla in the assessment of invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast. Am J Surg. 2007;194:450-455. (Pubitemid 47361053)
27. Genta F, Zanon E, Camanni M, et al. Cost/accuracy ratio analysis in breast cancer patients undergoing ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology, sentinel node biopsy, and frozen section of node. World J Surg. 2007;31:1155-1163. (Pubitemid 47029911)
28. Topal U, Punar S, Tasdelen I, et al. Role of ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy of axillary lymph nodes in the initial staging of breast carcinoma. Eur J Radiol. 2005;56:382-385. (Pubitemid 41659389)
29. Koelliker SL, Chung MA, Mainiero MB, et al. Axillary lymph nodes: US-guided fine-needle aspiration for initial staging of breast cancer-correlation with primary tumor size. Radiology. 2008;246:81-89. (Pubitemid 350305029)
30. Altomare V, Guerriero G, Carino R, et al. Axillary lymph node echo-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology enables breast cancer patients to avoid a sentinel lymph node biopsy. Preliminary experience and a review of the literature. Surg Today. 2007;37:735-739. (Pubitemid 47312508)
31. Tahir M, Osman KA, Shabbir J, et al. Preoperative axillary staging in breast cancer-saving time and resources. Breast J. 2008;14:369-371.
32. Jain A, Haisfield-Wolfe ME, Lange J, et al. The role of ultrasound-guided fineneedle aspiration of axillary nodes in the staging of breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008;15:462-471.
33. Gilissen F, Oostenbroek R, Storm R, et al. Prevention of futile sentinel node procedures in breast cancer: ultrasonography of the axilla and fine-needle aspiration cytology are obligatory. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2008;34:497-500. (Pubitemid 351514891)
34. Verbanck J, Vandewiele I, De WH, et al. Value of axillary ultrasonography and sonographically guided puncture of axillary nodes: a prospective study in 144 consecutive patients. J Clin Ultrasound. 1997;25:53-56. (Pubitemid 27058463)
35. Alkuwari E, Auger M. Accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients: a study of 115 cases with cytologichistologic correlation. Cancer. 2008;114:89-93. (Pubitemid 351640787)
36. Oruwari JU, Chung MA, Koelliker S, et al. Axillary staging using ultrasoundguided fine needle aspiration biopsy in locally advanced breast cancer. Am J Surg. 2002;184:307-309. (Pubitemid 35287347)
37. Nori J, Bazzocchi M, Boeri C, et al. Role of axillary lymph node ultrasound and large core biopsy in the preoperative assessment of patients selected for sentinel node biopsy. Radiol Med. 2005;109:330-344. (Pubitemid 43942436)
38. Reitsma JB, Glas AS, Rutjes AW, et al. Bivariate analysis of sensitivity and specificity produces informative summary measures in diagnostic reviews. J Clin Epidemiol. 2005;58:982-990. (Pubitemid 41316441)
39. Chu H, Cole SR. Bivariate meta-analysis of sensitivity and specificity with sparse data: a generalized linear mixed model approach. J Clin Epidemiol. 59:1331-1332.
40. Kim T, Giuliano AE, Lyman GH. Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage breast carcinoma. Cancer. 2006;106:4-16. (Pubitemid 43033320)
41. Rutgers EJ. Sentinel node biopsy: interpretation and management of patients with immunohistochemistry-positive sentinel nodes and those with micrometastases. J Clin Oncol. 2008;26:698-702. (Pubitemid 351264381)
42. Park J, Fey JV, Naik AM, et al. A declining rate of completion axillary dissection in sentinel lymph node-positive breast cancer patients is associated with the use of a multivariate nomogram. Ann Surg. 2007;245:462-468. (Pubitemid 46673143)
43. Pugliese MS, Karam AK, Hsu M, et al. Predictors of completion axillary lymph node dissection in patients with immunohistochemical metastases to the sentinel lymph node in breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2009.
44. Coutant C, Olivier C, Lambaudie E, et al. Comparison of models to predict nonsentinel lymph node status in breast cancer patients with metastatic sentinel lymph nodes: a prospective multicenter study. J Clin Oncol. 2009;27:2800-2808.
45. Bilimoria KY, Bentrem DJ, Hansen NM, et al. Comparison of sentinel lymph node biopsy alone and completion axillary lymph node dissection for node-positive breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2009;27:2946-2953.
46. Giuliano AE, McCall L M, Beitsch PD, et al. ACOSOG Z0011: A randomized trial of axillary node dissection in women with clinical T1-2 N0 M0 breast cancer who have a positive sentinel node. J Clin Oncol. 2010;28(18 Suppl) CRA506 (abstract).