Gastric Cancer
Study data from Jikei University update understanding of gastric cancer
Published in Gastroenterology Week, February 1st, 2010
"This study examined the possibility of performing a limited resection and a lymphadenectomy with sentinel node navigation surgery (SNNS) for the treatment of proximal gastric carcinoma. Thirty patients with cT1N0 (n = 23) and cT2N0 (n = 7) proximal gastric carcinoma that was located primarily in the U area (the upper third of the stomach) were enrolled. indocyanine green (ICG; 0.5 ml) was injected endoscopically into the submucosa of the four quadrants encompassing the cancer," scientists in Tokyo, Japan report.
"Twenty minutes after injection, infrared ray electronic endoscopy (IREE) was used to identify the lymph nodes that were stained with ICG (sentinel nodes, SNs)...
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