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Annals of Surgical Oncology
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 10/2008

Open Access 01-10-2008 | Gastrointestinal Oncology

Sentinel Node Biopsy Without Scars

Does Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery Herald a New Era for Early GI Cancer?

Authors: Hiroya Takeuchi, MD, PhD, Yuko Kitagawa, MD, PhD, FACS

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 10/2008

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Histopathological status of regional lymph nodes is one of the most significant predictors of recurrence and overall survival for most clinical stage I/II gastrointestinal (GI) cancer, and is often used to justify stratification of patients for adjuvant therapy. More accurate and efficient diagnosis of lymphatic spread and prognostic information can be obtained from a small number of lymph nodes, by intraoperative sentinel node (SN) mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy. SN navigation surgery is a novel method of minimally invasive surgery which avoids unnecessary lymph node dissection, following diagnosis of nodal metastasis targeting SN. …
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Metadata
Title
Sentinel Node Biopsy Without Scars
Does Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery Herald a New Era for Early GI Cancer?
Authors
Hiroya Takeuchi, MD, PhD
Yuko Kitagawa, MD, PhD, FACS
Publication date
01-10-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 10/2008
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-008-0082-0

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