Availability of sentinel node as predictive index of lymph node metastases to early-stage gastric cancer surgery

• Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology Vol. 29; no. 4_suppl; p. 10
• Main Authors: Kamiya, S., Takeuchi, H., Niihara, M., Kaburagi, T., Nakamura, R., Oyama, T., Takahashi, T., Wada, N., Saikawa, Y., Kitagawa, Y.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 01.02.2011

Abstract only 10 Background: Recently, the less invasive surgery for the early gastric cancer attract considerable attention, in particular, sentinel node navigation surgery (SNNS) is expected to be a new strategy. We analyzed the feasibility of sentinel node (SN) biopsy and its accuracy in predicti...