Open AccessValidation of Breast Cancer Models for Predicting the Nonsentinel Lymph Node Metastasis After a Positive Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in a Chinese Population
Author(s) -
Pei-Qi Wu,
Ke Zhao,
Yanli Liang,
Weitao Ye,
Zaiyi Liu,
Changhong Liang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
technology in cancer research and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.754
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1533-0346
pISSN - 1533-0338
DOI - 10.1177/1533033818785032
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , sentinel lymph node , population , biopsy , lymph node , lymph node metastasis , axillary lymph node dissection , cancer , metastasis , radiology , oncology , pathology , environmental health
The Louisville and Seoul National University Hospital scoring system were found to be more predictive among the 6 models when applied to the Chinese patients with breast cancer in our database. Models developed at other institutions should be used cautiously for decision-making regarding complete axillary lymph node dissection after a positive biopsy in sentinel lymph node.
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