Prognostic value of axillary lymph node metastases in invasive lobular breast carcinoma.

Background: Axillary lymph node involvement is a well-established prognostic factor for recurrence in breast cancer, specifically the number of nodes affected and the ratio of the number of affected nodes to the number of harvested nodes for non-specific invasive breast cancer (invasive ductal carcinoma). However, there is limited information on the impact of lymph node involvement in the case of invasive lobular carcinoma.

Objectives: our study aimed to evaluate the prognostic impact of lymph node involvement on overall survival and distant metastatic-free survival according to the number of nodes affected and the ratio of positive nodes (LNR) for patients managed for invasive lobular carcinoma.

Lymphovascular space invasion and estrogen receptor status in high-grade serous ovarian cancer - A multicenter study by the FRANCOGYN group.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of Lymphovascular Space Invasion (LVSI) on Overall Survival (OS) and Recurrence-Free Survival (RFS) in patients managed for high-grade serous epithelial ovarian cancer (HGSOC).

Materials And Methods: Retrospective multicenter study by the FRANCOGYN research group between January 2001 and December 2018. All patients managed for HGSOC and for whom histological slides for the review of LVSI were available, were included.