Gastric Cancer
Studies advance knowledge in gastric cancer research
Published in Cancer Weekly, March 28th, 2006
Study 1: Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy using gamma probe in gastric cancer was deemed feasible.
According to recent research from Turkey, "Gastric cancer continues to be a significant health problem around the world. Surgical resection with a lymph node dissection remains the only potentially curative treatment with gastric cancer."
"Determination of the extent of lymph node dissection required on the basis of actual node involvement in patients with gastric cancer is important as less extensive dissection may reduce postoperative morbidity and...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-03-28)
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