Preoperative Lymphoscintigraphy for Detection of Sentinel Lymph Node in Patients with Gastric Cancer—Initial Experience

[1] Morton DL(1992)Technical details of intraoperative lymphatic mapping for early stage melanoma Arch Surg 127 392-9

[2] Wen DR(2000)Incidence of lymph node metastasis from early gastric cancer: estimation with a large number of cases at two large centers Gastric Cancer 3 219-25

[3] Wong JH(2004)Lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy using 99mTc tin colloid in gastric cancer Ann Surg 239 383-7

[4] Gotoda T(2006)Evaluation of sentinel node concept in gastric cancer based on lymph node micrometastasis determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction Ann Surg 243 341-7

[5] Yanagisawa A(2006)Sentinel node biopsy using dye and isotope double tracers in early gastric cancer Ann Surg Oncol 13 1168-74

[6] Sasako M(2005)Detection of sentinel nodes and micrometastases using radioisotope navigation and immunohistochemistry in patients with gastric cancer Br J Surg 92 886-9

[7] Kim MC(2001)Sentinel lymph node detection for breast cancer: which patients are best suited for the patent blue dye only method of identification? Ann Surg Oncol 8 438-43

[8] Kim HH(2002)Age and body mass index may increase the chance of failure in sentinel lymph node biopsy for women with breast cancer Breast J 8 88-91

[9] Jung GJ(2003)Obesity influences outcome of sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage breast cancer J Am Coll Surg 197 896-901

[10] Arigami T(2006)Lymphoscintigraphy in detection of the regional lymph node involvement in gastric cancer Ann R Coll Surg Engl 88 632-8

[1] Morton DL(1992)Technical details of intraoperative lymphatic mapping for early stage melanoma Arch Surg 127 392-9

[2] Wen DR(2000)Incidence of lymph node metastasis from early gastric cancer: estimation with a large number of cases at two large centers Gastric Cancer 3 219-25

[3] Wong JH(2004)Lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy using 99mTc tin colloid in gastric cancer Ann Surg 239 383-7

[4] Gotoda T(2006)Evaluation of sentinel node concept in gastric cancer based on lymph node micrometastasis determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction Ann Surg 243 341-7

[5] Yanagisawa A(2006)Sentinel node biopsy using dye and isotope double tracers in early gastric cancer Ann Surg Oncol 13 1168-74

[6] Sasako M(2005)Detection of sentinel nodes and micrometastases using radioisotope navigation and immunohistochemistry in patients with gastric cancer Br J Surg 92 886-9

[7] Kim MC(2001)Sentinel lymph node detection for breast cancer: which patients are best suited for the patent blue dye only method of identification? Ann Surg Oncol 8 438-43

[8] Kim HH(2002)Age and body mass index may increase the chance of failure in sentinel lymph node biopsy for women with breast cancer Breast J 8 88-91

[9] Jung GJ(2003)Obesity influences outcome of sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage breast cancer J Am Coll Surg 197 896-901

[10] Arigami T(2006)Lymphoscintigraphy in detection of the regional lymph node involvement in gastric cancer Ann R Coll Surg Engl 88 632-8