The case for the omission of axillary staging in invasive breast carcinoma that exhibits a predominant tubular growth pattern on preoperative biopsy

The Breast Journal
Saed RamziPeter J Cant

Abstract

True invasive tubular breast carcinoma (TBC) is unlikely to metastasize to axillary nodes, yet it is routinely subjected to sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), even if the diagnosis was suspected preoperatively. The positive predictive value (PPV) of core biopsy for TBC and the incidence and predictors of axillary metastasis in invasive breast carcinomas identified as tubular-rich on core biopsy are unknown. Prospective patient and tumor data regarding postoperatively confirmed TBCs, and tubular-rich carcinoma identified on preoperative core biopsy between January 2005 and May 2016 was analyzed retrospectively. Axillary metastasis occurred in only 4.2% (4/95) of TBCs, all of which measured >15 mm pathologically. In 11.1% (11/99) of TBCs, the initial core biopsy was either indeterminate/suspicious or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS); therefore, their true tubular histotype and size were ascertained following operative excision and before SLNB. Nine were ≤15 mm, and all were node-negative. Only 63.9% (46/72) of tubular-rich core biopsies were confirmed as TBCs; the remaining 36.1% (26/72) were well-differentiated invasive nontubular carcinomas. None of the preoperative patient or tumor features were predictive of true TBC on multiv...Continue Reading

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