IntroducciÓn: Actualmente existe controversia respecto a los beneficios de realizar linfadenectomía en pacientes de melanoma con una biopsia selectiva de ganglio centinela (BSGC) positiva. La carga tumoral > 1 mm se ha propuesto como el parámetro mas relevante asociado a una linfadenectomía positiva y un deterioro de la supervivencia libre de enfermedad.
Material Y MÉtodos: Se analizaron los datos de 119 pacientes de melanoma con BSGC positiva atendidos en el periodo entre Junio de 1997 y Junio de 2017. Los pacientes se clasificaron según la carga tumoral en dos grupos: ≤ 1 mm and > 1 mm.
Resultados: La linfadenectomía resultó positiva en sólo 6 (10%) pacientes con una carga tumoral ≤ 1 mm, y en 23 (37.7%) pacientes con carga tumoral > 1 mm (p < 0.001). En análisis univariante, la carga tumoral fue el único factor predictivo de linfadenectomía positiva (OR 5.24 (1.94-14.13)). En análisis multivariante, la carga tumoral fue la única variable independiente de supervivencia específica de melanoma (SEM).
Conclusion: Aunque la realización de linfadenectomía debe individualizarse en cada caso, la carga tumoral > 1 mm puede ser un factor predictivo de la presencia de ganglios no centinelas positivos en piezas de linfadenectomía, y un factor pronostico independiente importante para la SEM.
Background: The benefits of complete lymph node dissection (CLND) in melanoma patients with a positive sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) have been recently questioned. Sentinel node (SN) tumor burden > 1 mm has been proposed as the most reliable parameter associated with positive CLND and poorer disease-free survival.
Material And Methods: Between June 1997 and June 2017, data from 119 melanoma patients with positive SLNB were analyzed. Patients were classified by SN burden in two groups: ≤ 1 mm and > 1 mm.
Results: CLND was positive in 6 (10%) patients with SN tumor burden ≤ 1 mm and in 23 (37.7%) patients with > 1 mm (p < 0.001). In univariable analysis, SN tumor burden was the only predictive factor of positive CLND (OR 5.24 [1.94-14.13]). In multivariable analysis, SN tumor burden was the only independent factor of melanoma-specific survival (MSS).
Conclusion: Although CLND should still be considered individually in patients with positive SLNB, SN tumor burden >1 mm might be a good predictive factor of additional positive non-sentinel nodes and a strong independent prognostic factor in melanoma-specific survival.
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