Comparative Analysis of Nodal Upstaging Between Colon and Rectal Cancers by Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping: A Prospective Trial

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• 作者：Sukamal Saha ; Keith M. Monson ; Anton Bilchik ; Thomas Beutler ; Adrian G. Dan ; Ellie Schochet ; David Wiese ; Sunil Kaushal ; Balvant Ganatra and Dilip Desai
• 关键词：Sentinel lymph node ; Colorectal cancer ; Colon ; Rectum ; Staging ; Upstaging ; Micrometastases
• 刊名：Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
• 出版年：2004
• 出版时间：November 2004
• 年：2004
• 卷：47
• 期：11
• 页码：1767-1772
• 全文大小：147 KB
• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Medicine & Public Health
  Surgery
  Gastroenterology
  Oncology
  Surgical Oncology
  Colorectal Surgery
  
• 出版者：Springer New York
• ISSN：1530-0358

文摘

PURPOSE Sentinel lymph node mapping accurately predicts nodal status in >90 percent of melanoma and breast and colorectal cancers. However, because of anatomic differences, sentinel lymph node mapping of rectal cancers has been considered inaccurate and difficult relative to colon. A prospective study was undertaken to identify differences in sentinel lymph node mapping between patients with colon cancer and those with rectal cancer.