Does Tumor Burden Limit the Accuracy of Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Colorectal Cancer?

Autor: Broderick-Villa, Gregory, Ko, Albert, O'Connell, Theodore X, Guenther, J. Michael, Danial, Tarek, DiFronzo, L. Andrew
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Zdroj: Cancer Journal; Nov/Dec2002, Vol. 8 Issue 6, p445, 6p, 4 Charts
Abstrakt: Argues the role of tumor burden in limiting the accuracy of lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy in colorectal cancer. Skepticism about validity of sentinel lymph node biopsy in colorectal cancer; Exclusion of patients with known distant metastases from the study; Injection of area surrounding the tumor with isosulphan blue dye; Nonexistence of any relation between false-negative and gender.
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