Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6170214 The Breast 2013 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) is the standard of care for axillary staging in breast cancer. Multiple Step-section Frozen Section (MSFS) analysis is used in our institution for SLNB. This is performed intra-operatively by freezing sentinel lymph nodes to obtain multiple step-sections which are examined histologically for evidence of metastases. Patients whose sentinel lymph nodes contained macrometastases proceeded to an axillary node clearance during the same operation.717 patients over a two and a half year period had MSFS analysis. With regards to macrometastases, MSFS analysis had a sensitivity of 93.8%, a specificity of 99.3%, a positive-predictive value of 97.4% and a negative-predictive value of 98.2%.MSFS analysis of sentinel lymph nodes is a safe and accurate procedure. It is a relatively cost-effective alternative to molecular technologies relying on DNA amplification and more accurate than standard frozen section or touch-prep cytology.

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