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  • The standard practice of completion axillary lymph node dissection (cALND) following a positive sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in breast cancer patients is increasingly questioned.
  • Clinical trials like Z0011 have challenged the necessity of cALND in select patient groups.

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  • To validate the MD Anderson nomogram's 27% risk threshold for residual positive lymph nodes in identifying breast cancer patients who can safely avoid cALND.
  • To prospectively assess the practice-changing potential of this 27% risk criterion in a clinical setting.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective validation of the MD Anderson nomogram using a cohort of 166 breast cancer patients with positive SLNB.
  • Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis to determine the optimal cut-off and evaluate the performance of the 27% threshold.
  • Prospective application of the 27% risk criterion in a second cohort of 114 patients.

Main Results:

  • The MD Anderson nomogram demonstrated an Area Under the Curve (AUC) of 0.76, with an optimal cut-off at 34% risk (sensitivity 86%, specificity 57%).
  • The 27% risk threshold showed a sensitivity of 88% and specificity of 41% for detecting positive non-sentinel lymph nodes.
  • Applying the 27% criterion spared 30.7% of patients in the first cohort and 54.4% in the second cohort from cALND, with minimal risk of leaving significant disease behind.

Conclusions:

  • The MD Anderson nomogram's 27% risk threshold is a viable tool to reduce the number of completion axillary lymph node dissections performed in breast cancer patients with positive sentinel nodes.
  • This approach can spare a significant proportion of patients from an unnecessary surgical procedure, although long-term survival impact requires further investigation.