borst diagnostische verrichtingen at least 2 malignant breast tumors at multiple sites in one breast
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - patients with a preoperative diagnosis of multicentric infiltrating breast carcinoma - at least 2 positive lesions - clinically node negative (cN0) breast carcinoma - also T2-T3 cancers
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - ductal or lobular in situ carcinomas - clinical and/or echographic evidence of positive axilla - neoadjuvant chemotherapy - previous ipsilateral breast or axillary surgery - preoperative radiotherapy - distant metastases - pregnant women
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - successful identification of sentinel lymph nodes - mean number of excised sentinel lymph nodes - number of true positive sentinel lymph nodes - number of positive non-sentinel lymph nodes at axillary lymph node dissection o False negative rate= number of false negative SNs/ true positive+ false negative nodes x 100. o Sensitivity= true positive/ true positive + false negative x 100 o Negative predictive value= true negative / true negative + false negative x 100 o Accuracy= true positive + true negative/ successful SNBs x 100. o Likelihood ratio for negative test results=m(1- sensitivity)/ specificity | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| None | — |
Countries
Netherlands