Sentinel Lymph Node Navigation Surgery for Early Gastric Cancer: Is It a Safe Procedure in Countries with Non-Endemic Gastric Cancer Levels? A Preliminary Experience

• Published in: Journal of gastric cancer Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 14 - 20
• Main Authors: Neto, Guilherme Pinto Bravo, Santos, Elizabeth Gomes Dos, Victer, Felipe Carvalho, Neves, Marcelo Soares, Pinto, Marcia Ferreira, Carvalho, Carlos Eduardo De Souza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Lymphadenectomy; Neoplasm micrometastasis; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Gastrectomy; Stomach neoplasms

Purpose: Early diagnosis of gastric cancer is still the exception in Western countries. In the East, as in Japan and Korea, this disease is an endemic disorder. More conservative surgical procedures are frequently performed in early gastric cancer cases in these countries where sentinel lymph node n...