Fluorescent Beads as a New Tracer for Sentinel Node Detection in Gastric Cancer Patients

• Published in: Nippon Shokaki Geka Gakkai zasshi Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 243 - 249
• Main Authors: Hirabayashi, Yoko, Hirai, Toshihiro, Matsumoto, Hideo, Urakami, Atsushi, Yamashita, Kazuki, Tsunoda, Tsukasa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese; English
• Published: The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery 2012
• Subjects: fluorescent beads; gastric cancer; sentinel node; tracer

Introduction: Many reports on sentinel node (SN) navigation surgery in gastric cancer patients have been presented and have evaluated different tracers and injection methods. We studied the combined use of fluorescent beads with a particle diameter closer to that of a cancer cell than other tracers...