Prospective Randomized Study Comparing Sentinel Lymph Node Evaluation With Standard Pathologic Evaluation for the Staging of Colon Carcinoma

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Authors

Alexander Stojadinovic · Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Aviram Nissan · Hadassah Medical Center

Mladjan Protić · University of Novi Sad

Carol F. Adair · Madigan Army Medical Center

Diana Prus · Hadassah Medical Center

Slavica Knežević‐Ušaj · Oncology Institute of Vojvodina

Robin Howard

Abstract

SLN mapping, step sectioning, and immunohistochemistry (IHC) identifies small volume nodal disease and improves staging in patients with resectable colon cancer. A prospective trial is ongoing to determine the clinical significance of colon cancer micrometastasis in sentinel lymph nodes.

Topics & Keywords

Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Surgery

Volume 245, Issue 6, pp. 846-857

DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000256390.13550.26

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