The validity of sentinel lymph node biopsy using dye technique alone in patients with gastric cancer

• Published in: Hepato-gastroenterology Vol. 54; no. 78; p. 1882
• Main Authors: Rino, Yasushi, Takanashi, Yoshinori, Hasuo, Kimiatsu, Kawamoto, Masakazu, Ashida, Akio, Harada, Hiroshi, Inagaki, Daisuke, Hatori, Shinsuke, Ohshima, Takashi, Yamada, Roppei, Imada, Toshio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Greece 01.09.2007
• Subjects: Aged; Coloring Agents - pharmacology; Female; Humans; Lymphatic Metastasis - diagnosis; Male; Medical Oncology - methods; Middle Aged; Models, Anatomic; Neoplasm Metastasis; Reproducibility of Results; Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy - methods; Stomach Neoplasms - diagnosis; Stomach Neoplasms - pathology; Stomach Neoplasms - surgery

We investigated whether sentinel lymph node biopsy using dye technique alone is useful or not in decision-making for less invasive surgery in patients with gastric cancer. The subjects were 43 patients who had undergone laparotomy for gastric cancer and consented to undergo sentinel lymph node biops...