title: [Sentinel node navigation surgery for colorectal cancer].
abstract: Sentinel nodes (SN) are defined as direct drainage nodes from the primary lesion and the initial sites of micrometastasis. We have been trying to detect sentinel nodes of colorectal cancer using the dying method. The skip metastasis frequency was 15.7% (50 cases) among 318 cases with lymph node metastases. The identification of SN was possible in 110 (98.2%) out of 112 cases. Saltation lymph node metastasis was accepted by 6 examples, but all cases were identified as SN. The diagnostic accuracy of lymph node metastasis by a dying method was 94.5%. In Dukes A cases, 36 of 37 cases (97.2%) were diagnosed correctly. Although there are several remaining issues to be solved, sentinel node technologies would be great tools to establish individualized minimally invasive surgical management of colorectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Surgery II, Tokyo Women's Medical University.
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itabashi
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kameoka
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
chemical_list: D012394:Rosaniline Dyes; C008769:sulfan blue