title: [Sentinel lymph nodes in early gastric cancer: preliminary feasibility study].
abstract: From January to December 2004, 8 patients with pre-operative diagnosis of early gastric cancer (EGC) and no nodal involvement were submitted to sentinel node biopsy using the dual mapping procedure with endoscopic blue dye and 99mTc radio-colloid injection. All the patients underwent standard radical gastrectomy and D2 lymphadenectomy. The resected nodes were evaluated by routine (hematoxylin-eosin) histopathological examination; the sentinel (blue or hot) nodes in addition were evaluated with immunohistochemistry for cytokeratin. The preliminary results and perspectives for feasibility of sentinel node biopsy and its accuracy in predicting the nodal status in EGC are discussed.
authors.affiliation: UO Chirurgia e Terapie Oncologiche Avanzate, Forlì.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vagliasindi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Solfrini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fiorentini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Galassi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casadei
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saragoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dubini
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Verdecchia
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*