Jason A. Mouabbi, Assistant Professor at MD Anderson Cancer Center, shared on X:
“Can we skip SLNB in small lobular cancers?
Annals of Surgery (Amburn, Morrow et al): 639 pts w/ cT1N0 HR+/HER2− pure ILC + normal axillary US. 17.7% node+, only 2.3% pN2–3, close to SOUND (13.7%) and INSEMA (15.1%).
LVI was the only predictor.”
Title: Axillary Nodal Upstaging in cT1N0 Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
Authors: Thomas Amburn, Anita Mamtani, Jane J. Chen, Varadan Sevilimedu, Sherry Shen, Komal Jhaveri, Monica Morrow
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