Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Apr;162(4):520-529. doi: 10.1177/0194599819899934. Epub 2020 Feb 11.
To evaluate the long-term outcomes of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for head and neck cutaneous melanoma (HNCM).
Retrospective cohort study.
Tertiary academic medical center.
Longitudinal review of a 356-patient cohort with HNCM undergoing SLNB from 1997 to 2007.
Descriptive characteristics included the following: age, 53.5 ± 19 years (mean ± SD); sex, 26.8% female; median follow-up, 4.9 years; and Breslow depth, 2.52 ± 1.87 mm. Overall, 75 (21.1%) patients had a positive SLNB. Among patients undergoing completion lymph node dissection following positive SLNB, 20 (27.4%) had at least 1 additional positive nonsentinel lymph node. Eighteen patients with local control and negative SLNB developed regional disease, indicating a false omission rate of 6.4%, including 10 recurrences in previously unsampled basins. Ten-year overall survival (OS) and melanoma-specific survival (MSS) were significantly greater in the negative sentinel lymph node (SLN) cohort (OS, 61% [95% CI, 0.549-0.677]; MSS, 81.9% [95% CI, 0.769-0.873]) than the positive SLN cohort (OS, 31% [95% CI, 0.162-0.677]; MSS, 60.3% [95% CI, 0.464-0.785]) and positive SLN/positive nonsentinel lymph node cohort (OS, 8.4% [95% CI, 0.015-0.474]; MSS, 9.6% [95% CI, 0.017-0.536]). OS was significantly associated with SLN positivity (hazard ratio [HR], 2.39; < .01), immunosuppression (HR, 2.37; < .01), angiolymphatic invasion (HR, 1.91; < .01), and ulceration (HR, 1.86; < .01). SLN positivity (HR, 3.13; < .01), angiolymphatic invasion (HR, 3.19; < .01), and number of mitoses ( = .0002) were significantly associated with MSS. Immunosuppression (HR, 3.01; < .01) and SLN status (HR, 2.84; < .01) were associated with recurrence-free survival, and immunosuppression was the only factor significantly associated with regional recurrence (HR, 6.59; < .01).
Long-term follow up indicates that SLNB showcases durable accuracy, safety, and prognostic importance for cutaneous HNCM.
评估前哨淋巴结活检(SLNB)治疗头颈部皮肤黑色素瘤(HNCM)的长期结果。
回顾性队列研究。
三级学术医疗中心。
对 1997 年至 2007 年间接受 SLNB 的 356 例 HNCM 患者进行纵向回顾。
描述性特征包括:年龄 53.5±19 岁(均值±标准差);性别,26.8%为女性;中位随访时间为 4.9 年;Breslow 深度为 2.52±1.87mm。总体而言,75 例(21.1%)患者的 SLNB 呈阳性。在 SLNB 阳性后行淋巴结清扫术的患者中,有 20 例(27.4%)至少有 1 个额外的非前哨淋巴结阳性。18 例局部控制且 SLNB 阴性的患者发生了区域疾病,表明假遗漏率为 6.4%,包括 10 例在先前未取样的区域复发。阴性前哨淋巴结(SLN)队列的 10 年总生存率(OS)和黑色素瘤特异性生存率(MSS)明显高于阳性 SLN 队列(OS:61%[95%CI,0.549-0.677];MSS:81.9%[95%CI,0.769-0.873])和阳性 SLN/阳性非前哨淋巴结队列(OS:8.4%[95%CI,0.015-0.474];MSS:9.6%[95%CI,0.017-0.536])。OS 与 SLN 阳性显著相关(风险比 [HR],2.39;<0.01)、免疫抑制(HR,2.37;<0.01)、血管淋巴管侵犯(HR,1.91;<0.01)和溃疡(HR,1.86;<0.01)。SLN 阳性(HR,3.13;<0.01)、血管淋巴管侵犯(HR,3.19;<0.01)和有丝分裂数(=0.0002)与 MSS 显著相关。免疫抑制(HR,3.01;<0.01)和 SLN 状态(HR,2.84;<0.01)与无复发生存率相关,免疫抑制是唯一与区域复发显著相关的因素(HR,6.59;<0.01)。
长期随访表明,SLNB 对头颈部皮肤 HNCM 具有持久的准确性、安全性和预后重要性。