Pathological Nodal pattern in Carcinoma breast patients

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2018

Dr. S. Marimuthu

OBJECTIVES: To know the pathological nodal metastases in early operable east cancer patients since numbers of

involved lymph nodes are prognostic factor in carcinoma east.

Methods: In this present study, bench dissection of Axillary nodes is done after surgery in 75 patients and nodal specimen sent separately for HPE.

RESULTS: In this study, lowest Lymph node dissected was 5, and highest lymph node dissected was 29. Average lymph node dissected is 12. 71

patients (96 %) were female and 4 patients (4%) were male. On analysis, 30 patients (40%) had N0 disease, 17 patients (22.7%) had N1 disease, 21

patients (28%) had N2 disease and 7 patients (9.3%) had N3 disease.

CONCLUSION : Even though 40% patients had N0 disease, still majority of patients (60%) had Nodal positive disease