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Breast cancer with non-inflammatory skin involvement : current data on an underreported entity and its problematic classification

Güth, Uwe and Huang, Dorothy Jane and Schötzau, Andreas and Dirnhofer, Stephan and Wight, Edward and Singer, Gad. (2010) Breast cancer with non-inflammatory skin involvement : current data on an underreported entity and its problematic classification. The breast, Vol. 19, H. 1. pp. 59-64.

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Abstract

We evaluated 166 breast cancer cases with non-inflammatory skin involvement (NISI), which were classified in the TNM classification as T4b. The distribution of tumour sizes and stages was: 10 cm:21.1%; stages:I/II:21.0%, III:43.4%, IV:35.6%. To assess the impact of NISI on axillary lymph node involvement (ALNI), we analyzed a sub-group of 50 patients with tumours > or =5 cm and compared them with a matched control group. NISI was found to be associated with increased ALNI (HR, 2.66; 95%CI, 1.59-4.63; p>0.0001). According to the inherent rules of tumour classification, only tumours with similar morphologic extent and prognostic significance should be combined. Since there is a high grade of heterogeneity, this basic tenet is clearly violated regarding breast cancer with NISI. Our proposal is to eliminate these tumours from the T4 category and to classify them simply by size (T1-3). Due to its prognostic significance, NISI should be indicated by an optional descriptor (e.g. S1).
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Pathologie USB
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Pathologie USB
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Spezialfächer (Klinik) > Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe > Gynäkologie (Heinzelmann)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Spezialfächer (Klinik) > Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe > Gynäkologie (Heinzelmann)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Pathologie USB > Histopathologie (Dirnhofer)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Querschnittsfächer (Klinik) > Pathologie USB > Histopathologie (Dirnhofer)
UniBasel Contributors:Dirnhofer, Stephan and Singer, Gad and Güth, Uwe
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Churchill Livingstone
ISSN:0960-9776
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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