1. Timing of SLN procedure should be performed
before or after
administration of neoadjuvant chemotherapy?
Adune Ratanawichitrasin MD
2. Axilla staging surgery
Best for node negative
patients
Best for node positive
patients
Sentinel lymph node biopsy Axillary lymph node dissections
3. Targeted populations
Stage 0 Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IV
Node Negative
Node Positive
No need for SLN No need for SLN
4. Targeted populations
Stage 0 Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IV
Node Negative
Node Positive
More benefits
More efforts
5. Targeted populations
Stage 0 Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IV
Node Negative
Node Positive
More benefits
Node
Negative
after neo
adjuvant
More efforts
6. Targeted populations
Stage 0 Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IV
Node Negative
Node Positive
More benefits
Node
Negative
after neo
adjuvant
Node
Negative
before
neo
adjuvant
More efforts
7. Benefit of SLN Bx in neoadjuvant
breast cancer patients
•In patients who has negative node or turn
to be negative node after neoadjuvant
•How accurate SLN Bx
8. Limitation of using SLN Bx in neoadjuvant settings
Before neoadjuvant
or
After neoadjuvant
9. Identification rate 100%
Negative nodes 22/52 cases = 42%
1 progressive node during neoadjuvant
J.L. Jones et al. / The American Journal of Surgery 190 (2005) 517–520
10. After neoadjuvant
Identification rate 81% false negative 15%
Negative 11/36 cases = 31%
J.L. Jones et al. / The American Journal of Surgery 190 (2005) 517–520
11. Success 82-100%
False Negative 11 %
After neoadjuvant
Charfare H. et al. / BJS 2005; 92: 14–23
12. After neoadjuvant
All 53 patients has
positive node before
neoadjuvant
chemotherapy
Additional 32% node
negative cases
Newman EA, et al. / Annals of Surgical Oncology 14(10):2946–2952