Gastric Cancer

Subserosal compared to submucosal dye injection method for SN biopsy in gastric cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, March 14th, 2006

Investigators compared subserosa (SS) versus submucosal (SM) dye injection method for sentinel node (SN) biopsy in gastric cancer.

According to a recently published article, scientists in South Korea conducted a study "to determine the most efficient injection method for a SN biopsy in gastric cancer. Gastric adenocarcinoma patients without serosal invasion and distant metastasis were prospectively enrolled in this study."

"Isosulfan blue was injected into the SS of the first set of 71 consecutive patients and an intraoperative endoscopic SM injection of the same dye was injected into the second set of 50 consecutive patients. After the biopsy of...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-03-14)

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